A recent YouGov survey of 45,000 people from 42 countries and territories found the following to be the top 20 most admired men and women in the world respectively:
The World's 20 Most Admired MEN
1. Barack Obama
2. Bill Gates
3. Xi Jinping
4. Narendra Modi
5. Jackie Chan
6. Cristiano Ronaldo
7. Jack Ma
8. Dalai Lama
9. Elon Musk
10. Keanu Reeves
11. Lionel Messi
12. Vladimir Putin
13. Michael Jordan
14. Amitabh Bachchan
15. Donald Trump
16. Virat Kohli
17. Shahrukh Khan
18. Pope Francis
19. Recep Tayyip Erdogan
20. Joko Widodo
Breakdown:
7 heads of state
4 professional athletes
4 entertainers
3 captains of industry
2 religious leaders
The World's 20 Most Admired WOMEN
1. Michelle Obama
2. Angelina Jolie
3. Queen Elizabeth II
4. Oprah Winfrey
5. Jennifer Lopez
6. Emma Watson
7. Scarlett Johansson
8. Peng Liyuan
9. Taylor Swift
10. Shakira
11. Beyonce
12. Angela Merkel
13. Hillary Clinton
14. Malala Yousafzai
15. Priyanka Chopra
16. Deepika Padukone
17. Sudha Murty
18. Greta Thunberg
19. Melania Trump
20. Ellen DeGeneres
Breakdown:
12 entertainers
3 professional wives
2 activists
1 head of state
1 powerless state symbol
1 Hillary Clinton
0 professional athletes
0 captains of industry
0 religious leaders
Point: It's not difficult to see patriarchal social roles for the respective sexes in what sorts of qualities people tend to admire in them respectively. People believe men are supposed to rule the world (perhaps tyrannically), head up business empires, govern religious life, and generally be active. They're supposed to be powerful, competitive, and dominant, in other words. Women, on the other hand, are really just there to be seen and to support their husbands, the women's list communicates.
Just thoughts.
