Study by Center for Gender Equality Finds Women Increasingly Accepting of Religious Involvement in Political Debate; Still, Some Personal Choices Remain Uninfluenced by Religious Teaching.
As conservative religious organizations step up their involvement in political debates, a new national survey finds that women, while strongly committed to the principles of gender equality, are becoming increasingly religious and increasingly conservative on a number of social issues. The survey of 1,000 women was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates on behalf of the Center for Gender Equality, a research, education and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting women's equality. The survey finds a high level of acceptance among women of religious involvement in national policy debates, and documents conservative attitudes among women on issues such as the appropriate roles of men and women at work and home, affirmative action, birth control, and abortion.