Poll: Big partisan gap in views on gender equality in the US

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NEW YORK (AP) — Does the United States still have hard work ahead of it in enabling women to attain equality with men? The answer, according to a major new survey, may depend on whether it's coming from a Democrat or a Republican.

The survey was released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. It finds a sharp partisan divide on several questions about gender equality.

According to Pew, Democrats are largely dissatisfied with progress on this issue: 69 percent say the U.S. hasn't gone far enough in providing women with equal rights. Among Republicans, 54 percent say things are about right; only 26 percent say there's more work to do.

Do American men have easier lives than women? Another big gap: 49 percent of Democrats say this is true, compared to 19 percent of Republicans.