SheSpeaks conducted a study with over 2,300 women across the US age 18 and older. We learned that just 37% of women think that women are supportive of one another. That number actually drops to close to 30% for younger women. In fact, according to study findings, the younger you are, the more likely you are the think that women do NOT support each other. We asked some of our community influencers to react to the study findings. Were they surprised by the findings? See their thoughts in the video. Comment below and tell us what you think. Do women support each other? If not, why do you think that is?

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Morgan Buell, Director, Strategic Partnerships
Morgan.Buell@Shespeaks.Com
Women Supporting Women
2016SheSpeaksResearch&Insights

2. 2Shespeaks Women In Power Survey. March 2016
ResearchOverview
Overview: In March 2016 SheSpeaks embarked on a
study to better understand how supportive women are
of one another across topics and categories.
The Goal: Better understand whether women are
supportive of one another
Respondents: With 2,300 respondents aged 18+,
SheSpeaks generated some interesting Learnings.
The following report outlines key findings from
SheSpeaks study

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Women Need to uplift, encourage and support
their fellow women
1.The Majority of Women do not feel supported
by other women
2.Qualitative Feedback reveals that Women
report jealousy, competition and negativity
across social media as barriers of support
3.Women feel that Politics is lacking the most
support from women
4.Not Fulfilled: Less than 50% of women report
feeling fulfilled in their lives
Shespeaks Women In Power Survey. March 2016
KeyTakeaways

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MutualSupport?
The Majority of women (60%) do not think women are
supportive of other women
%ofwomenperDemo
0%
15%
30%
45%
60%
Most of the Time Sometimes but not often Almost never
41%
56%
3%
Shespeaks Women In Power Survey. March 2016

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ThoughtsRevealed:
“In my life they are, but in
general, not as much as
they should be!”
“Too much competition
goes on and it's sad.
Women should be
supportive & lift each other
- we are all just trying to do
the best we can!”
“A lot of woman
(especially on social
media) put each other
down. We need to lift
each other up more.”
“Women are more
competitive with other
women. We tend to be each
other's best support
systems & worst critics.”
Shespeaks Women In Power Survey. March 2016
Qualitative Feedback From Women About Support From Other Women
“Women say they support
each other, but show
otherwise when women
reach out to them.”
“I think a lot of women are
gossipy. they talk behind
other’s backs just for
sport.”

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SupportGaps
The Majority of women feel that
other women are less than
supportive across Professional,
Personal, Politics and Parenting
Categories.
Women feel that Politics is
lacking the most support from
women
Inversely, Most Women Feel
most supported in the Parenting
category.
Shespeaks Women In Power Survey. March 2016
Work place/professional
Personal/Social
Politics
Parenting
Color Key Code
Most of the time
Sometmes but
not often
Almost never

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FindingSupport
The Majority of women report
the least amount of support
from other women in her
professional life.
Women report finding deep
support from her female
counterparts through
Friendship, In person
affirmations, and positive
comments on social media
Shespeaks Women In Power Survey. March 2016
%ofwomenperDemo
0%
22.5%
45%
67.5%
90%
In
Person
Affirm
ation
M
entoring
Positivity
on
Social
M
aking
C
onnectionsLim
ited
G
ossip
Being
a
friendH
elping
Professionally
Respecting
W
ork-Life
Balance
H
elping
w
ith
Fam
ily
27%

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SelfReflection
Women self-report that they
are extremely supportive of
other women.
However, less then half of
women self-report that they
are supportive in Professional
development and Mentoring of
other women
Shespeaks Women In Power Survey. March 2016
%ofwomenperDemo
0%
22.5%
45%
67.5%
90%
In
Person
Affirm
ationM
entoringPositivity
on
Social
M
aking
C
onnections
Lim
ited
G
ossipBeing
a
friend
H
elping
Professionally
Respecting
W
ork-Life
Balance
H
elping
w
ith
Fam
ily
46%45%

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PersonalFulfillment
There is a huge gap
reported in feeling
Self-Fulfillment
Only 31% of women
said they feel fulfilled
and 45% report
feeling stressed.
Shespeaks Women In Power Survey. March 2016
%ofwomenperDemo
0%
17.5%
35%
52.5%
70%
H
appy
Fulfilled
Excited
W
orried
Frustrated
Stressed
C
ontentAppreciative
Sad
O
verw
helm
ed
45%
31%

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Shespeaks Research Methodology
The Women Supporting Women Study Was
Fielded Online Between March 17 – 23, 2016
Amongst 2,300. The Respondent Group Is
Comprised Of U.S. Women Aged 18 Years
And Older.
Shespeaks Women In Power Survey. March 2016
Research Methodology:
About SheSpeaks
SheSpeaks, Inc. is an influencer marketing and media
platform fueled by a community of content creators with a
reach of 100 million. SheSpeaks recently launched video
platform, SheSpeaksTV, produces and amplifies video
content targeted to women age 25+.

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ThankYou!
Morgan Buell, Director, Strategic Partnerships
Morgan.Buell@Shespeaks.Com