A new finding at Pew Research Center claims that gender equality worldwide, although a distinction must be made between its goals in the West and its goals in undeveloped nations, has risen exponentially at the same time family ties have weakened considerably.

Here’s the frustrating part: While “roughly half or more” of those surveyed concede the family unit has weakened, and that this is “a bad thing,” the results of the analysis reveal people “are strongly in favor of increased gender equality.”