Next was the question if and to which extent respondents' partners support their career planning: three-quarters of the women answered 'strongly' (43.19 %) or 'very strongly' (30.74 %). 19.46 % said 'somewhat', 5.05 % 'little' or 'very little' and 1.56 % 'not at all'. This estimation resembles that of 2017. Two-thirds (64.34 %) of those surveyed women living in a partnership declared that both partners equally share in household chores, one third (32.38 %) admitted they bear this burden alone. 3.28 % stated it's their partner's responsibility. This situation is unchanged as compared to 2017.

In families with children, 'distribution of work' is modified when it comes to caring for sons and daughters. In seven of ten cases, this is the female partner's job: 11.64 % are solely responsible, 30.14 % bear the major share, and 27.40 % are more likely responsible. Only in 28.08 % of cases do both partners share equally in family responsibility, and in 2.74 % it is more likely or predominantly the partner's responsibility. These ratios have also not really changed in the past five years. On the inquiry if the Covid pandemic had had any effects on responsibility for childcare, the largest group (45.02 %) answered 'no'. Another major share (38.39 %) declined to answer that question.

Similar to their female counterparts, three out of four men (75.76 %) believe that the event industry needs women in leadership positions. Only 24.24 % of the male respondents are in favor of a female quota, 57.58 % are opposed. 57.58 % of the men are confident that shared leadership responsibility works, 24.24 % are certain it won't. When asked about which three factors have the strongest negative/positive impact on the glass ceiling, they point to 'professional abilities and competencies' with 78.79 % as well as 'attitude and strength of character' with 75.76 %. Following at a very large distance are 'institutional discrimination' "self-confidence and the willingness to ask for promotion" with 39.39 % each and a 'professional network' with 36.36 %. Only 30.30% see 'interruption of career for parental leave' as an influencing factor. Obviously, men's attitudes differ greatly from women's perceptions. 87.87 % see various degrees of positive change in the past five years when it comes to compatibility of family and career. On the inquiry if the Covid pandemic had had any positive effects on the compatibility of career and family, three-quarters of the male respondents saw some change (42.42 %) or significant changes (33.33 %). 75.00 % of the surveyed men declared that both partners share equally in household chores, 15.62 % admitted that the female partner bears this burden by herself, 9.38 % stated they manage their households alone. In families with children, 44.00 % of the male respondents share equally in responsibility for childcare, 48.00 % declared this is their female partner's responsibility. In the pandemic, 33.33 % of the men undertook more tasks in childcare, 43.33 % did not. Editor's note: tw tagungswirtschaft, m+a report und IMEX Group express their cordial gratitude to all women and men for their participation. Owing to the comparison of the 2022 findings to those of 2017 and the men's responses, we omitted detailed analyses of the unclarified issues, we'll come back to these at a later date. Resonance to the survey "Women in the Events Industry" was significantly lower than before, and we'd like to determine together with you why that was so – per e-mail, telephone, teams or at personal meetings – and jointly draw conclusions.

Kerstin Wünsch, Dr. Gwen Kaufmann