hysterectomies
600,000
The annual number of hysterectomies performed in the U.S.

70% of the total number of hysterectomies are done in via a surgical method pioneered in 1843! (There a plenty of great less-invasive more modern means available, such as laparoscopic or robotic surgeries.)

Women who have undergone hysterectomies have a 60% greater risk of incontinence after age 60 than abstainers.

(Sources: More magazine, CDC, UCSF study)
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Menopause:

50

It pays to educate before you procreate! Fifty-one percent of working women who had their first birth between 2006 and 2008 received paid leave (i.e. maternity leave, sick leave, vacation) compared with 42 percent between 1996 and 2000, according to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The likelihood that a mother has access to paid leave varies with age, hours worked and education.

In general, women in the most economically advantaged race groups usually earn less than men in the most disadvantaged race groups. For example, a white female with master’s degree is expected to earn $2.4 million over a 40-year work-life. In comparison, a Hispanic male with a master’s degree is expected to earn $2.8 million.
Source: American Community Survey
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And the NYTimes recently reported that white women with the same degree as black women make less money than the black women.
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Here are some sad statistics that Senator Gillibrand sent out by blast email:
I am one of just 17 women in the Senate.

Just 17% of all members of Congress are women.

There are currently only six women governors in the US today.

Fewer than 25% of state legislature seats are filled by women.
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Sadly Senator Gillibrand, a lovely women to be sure, goes on to say the resolution to this problem is to ONLY support Democrats running for office.

From NPR/Kaiser Health News reports. Black women are about 60% more likely than white women to have a preterm delivery, and black infants are 230% more likely than their white peers to die before their first birthdays. (this takes into account death by homicide and abuse/neglect)...David Paul -- a neonatologist at Christiana Hospital who heads the Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium -- said many early births are caused by pre-existing factors in the mother, including high blood pressure, obesity, smoking, diabetes and substance misuse
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As you know, FemiSex is aggressive in promoting bylines by women in media. Both of our past surveys found that male bylines come in at 85% in thought-leader mags. This is a consistent finding. More specifically, in op-ed sections there are similar ratios. A great group--The Op-Ed Project--has set out to rectify the dearth of female voice in media. Here is a link and their findings on male to female voice ratios in media op-eds:

http://www.theopedproject.org/
Byline Survey: Aggregated Numbers October- December, 2010
outlets in survey:
New York Times
Washington Post

Things to know about: UN report raises alarm over boom in world's population
A UN forecast estimates that the global population will increase from about 7 billion to 10.1 billion by 2100, making it more difficult to provide food, water, energy, education and jobs for the world's poor. "We are raising the alarm that even though the population of the world has reduced its growth rate enormously, current growth rates are too high," said the director of the population division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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Ouch! The New Agenda put this amazing video together as a big fat wake up call to young women! And All women.