The Glass Ceiling Index: “Hillary Clinton: Stop running for president and make me a sandwich!”

Number of members of the Facebook group Hillary Clinton: Stop Running for President and Make Me a Sandwich: 23,000

Percent of Americans who think electing a women president would be a bad thing: 9

Percent of Americans who think electing a woman president would be a good thing: 33

Percent of Americans who think the gender of the president does not matter: 55

Amount of male corporate directors there are in the United States for every female corporate director: 8

Percent greater salary that U.S. female corporate directors (surprisingly) make over their male counterparts: 15

Percent of women who asked for higher compensation in a recent gender and salary negotiation study: 50

Percent of men who asked for higher compensation in that same study: 83

Average salary that participants of another study said they would award a female applicant who, in a videotaped job interview, expressed anger over losing a past account: $23,000

Average salary that participants of that same study said they would award a male applicant who, in a videotaped job interview, expressed anger over losing a past account: $38,000

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