A recent study has found that 65 percent of men "always" or "sometimes" enable video during their virtual meetings, compared to 55 percent of women, according to Fast Company. One factor is that women face more scrutiny over their appearance than men, as it was found that 39 percent of women—and only 25 percent of men—disable the video feature during virtual work meetings because they don’t like the way they look at the moment. Further, when they do appear on video chat, they're more likely to have prepared beforehand: 85 percent of women said they will do their hair before a virtual meeting, compared to 74 percent of men; 80 percent of women will change outfits, compared to 71 percent of men; and 83 percent of women will clean up their work spaces before appearing on camera, compared to 77 percent of men.

In addition to concerns about their appearance, women are more likely to turn off the video chat to do other things around the house: 41 percent, compared to 30 percent of men, a gap that is likely explained by the fact that, even in 2020, women on average still do two hours more housework than men.

The study's conclusions came from a survey of 2,026 U.S. adults conducted June 11-15.