The bar chart compares the proportions of male and female executives working in six different professional fields in the UK in 2007.
Overall, men dominated executive positions in construction and scientific fields, whereas women were far more represented in teaching and therapy. Journalism demonstrated an equal gender split, while the remaining professions displayed moderate differences between male and female executives.
In teaching and therapy, women clearly outnumbered men in executive roles. In teaching, approximately 90% of executives were female, compared with only about 10% who were male. Similar pattern can be seen among therapists, where women accounted for just over 80%, while the figure for men was below 20%. By contrast, the opposite trend was evident in construction, with male executives making up around 90%
of total, whereas women represented only about 10%,
Turning to remaining professions, the gender gap was smaller or more balanced. In advertising, women accounted for about 55% of executives, slightly higher than men at roughly 45%. Journalism showed equal distribution, with both genders representing around 50%. By contrast, men were more prevalent among scientists and in law, making up approximately 60% and 55% respectively, compared with about 40% and 45% for women