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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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Truth squadPolitical Intimidation worthy of the 3rd World (Plus interview with Missouri Sheriff Glenn Boyer—his side of the Truth Squad dragnet.)Monday, September 29, 2008 at 1:32 pm — M.A. Liginter
Imagine you live in a small village in Zimbabwe, and there is a hotly contested presidential election. The standing president is Robert Mugabe, and the opposition is Morgan Tsvangirai. Now imagine that Mugabe rounds up all the tribal elders in your village, you know, the folks who meat out punishments for untoward behaviors. The very folks who are intimidating in exactly the same manner a sheriff or local prosecutor might be in the U.S. Now…..imagine Mugabe convinces these law-enforcement folks to loudly proclaim they will fight any untruth said against Mubabe.  |
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