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153.6 million
The number of females in the United States as of Oct. 1, 2007. The number of males is 149.4 million.
Source: US Census Bureau
Earnings, women to men
$32,649
The median annual earnings of women 16 or older who worked year-round, full time, in 2006. Women earned 77 cents for every $1 earned by men.
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau
Education, women to men
32%
Percent of women 25 to 29 who had attained a bachelor's degree or higher in 2006, which exceeded that of men in this age range (25 percent).
Source: American Community Survey
Political representation, women to men 111th Congress
17
Number of women out of 100 U.S. Senators.
74
Number of women out of 435 U.S. Representatives.
Source: American Community Survey
Rapes or sexual assault against women, 2007
248,300
Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice
The majority of US citizens are women; Women are more highly educated in the U.S; Women are paid less--by almost 25 percent--than men. Women are given miniscule representation in government even as they are the majority of the population. A staggering national assault occurs daily against women’s bodies.
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