Men Gain Faster in AI-Exposed Jobs as Women Report Less Training and Support
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Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 7
Men Gain Faster in AI-Exposed Jobs as Women Report Less Training and Support
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 7
Summary
Pew data show men’s employment has grown faster than women’s in AI-exposed occupations such as software development and financial management, widening a new workplace gender gap tied to AI.
Harvard’s Shorenstein Center says women use AI tools less often and report weaker access to training, mentorship and workplace support that would help them adopt the technology.
Researchers say the gap is not about competence: women report lower confidence, greater distrust of AI and less time to experiment as caregiving and other invisible labor consume more of their day.
Berkeley research found the adoption gap is narrowing only slowly, with men still dominating early use of the newest AI tools, raising the risk that career gains from AI accrue unevenly.
Employers can blunt that divide by building training and mentorship programs that include women’s input, researchers said, as companies decide how AI reshapes work.