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157.2 million
The number of females in the United States as of Oct. 1, 2010. The number of males is 153.2 million.
Source: US Census Bureau
Earnings, women to men
$36,278
The median annual earnings of women 15 or older who worked year-round, full time, in 2009, up 1.9 percent from $35,609 in 2008 (after adjusting for inflation). Women earned 77 cents for every $1 earned by men, unchanged for several years running.
Source: US Census Bureau
Education, women to men
35%
Percentage of women 25 to 29 who had obtained a bachelor's degree or more as of 2009, which exceeded that of men in this age range—27%.
55%
Percentage of college students in fall 2008 who were women.
58%
Percentage of women 25 to 29 who held advanced degrees in 2009, which exceed that of men in this age range—42%.
Source: Educational Attainment in the United States: 2009
Political representation, women to men 112th Congress
16.8%
Percentage of women in Congress.
17
Number of women out of 100 U.S. Senators
74
Number of women out of 435 U.S. Representatives. (3 are Delegates) (Of the 74 women in the House, 50 are Democrats, including the 3 Delegates, and 24 are Republicans. Of the 17 women serving in the Senate, 12 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans.)
Source: Congressional Research Service
Rapes or sexual assault against women, 2007
248,300
The majority of US citizens are women; Women are more highly educated in the U.S; Women are continually paid less--by almost 25 percent--than men. Despite a vast pipeline of women in the professional workforce, they are relegated to non-alpha positions. Women are given miniscule representation in government even as they are the majority of the population. Women are largely relegated (most often by so-called progressives) to represent only Democrats in Congress. A staggering national assault occurs daily against women’s bodies with scant attention paid by male-dominated media.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice
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Arrests made in Obama effigy; Palin effigy Free Speech; No pictures of Obama effigy, all msm posted Palin effigy picturesFriday, October 31, 2008 at 10:54 am — admin
Breaking News: CNN): -- “Two men have been arrested in connection with an effigy of Sen. Barack Obama that was hung outside a building at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, police said Thursday." http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/30/obama.effigy/index.html FemiSex: Contrast with Palin Effigy: "The sheriff made this clear: This is a country that has freedom of speech, and we protect that right even when we think it's idiotic and stupid and in bad taste," said Steve Whitmore, spokesman for the Sheriff's Department. "If it is nonviolent and doesn't cause any problems, then they have the right to do it." Femisex deplores Both effigies But…Now it the Time for women to make the Palin effigy their primary cause. Women need to put violence against women at the top of their agenda until this societal ill recedes! Now is the time to remind folks like Steve Whitemore that violence against women, unlike violence against blacks, has not precipitously declined. Hundreds of thousands of rapes in the U.S. every year are perpetrated against women. Domestic violence pock-marks American culture. NOW is the Time to focus on Female HATE CRIMES. I leave you all with the nice-told tale of violence against women—a Long Island husband arrested this week for garroting his wife and then crying sadly before the cameras in a plea to help find the “killers.” |
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Your femisex column exposes
Your femisex column exposes more and more each day. Keep up the good reporting!
I thought it was ok to trash
I thought it was ok to trash women that NOW and other feminist groups trash daily.
My bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a male, the brother of
I am a male, the brother of three good sisters, and the son of a loving mother. I, too, cannot imagine why an offensive act against a black man's image would be punished while an equally terrible action against the image of a white woman would go without the same consequences. Violence against gender is just as hideous as violence driven by race; both exist and both corrupt the human heart. To any in authority who read this, please consider what message these two events send, and the lack of consequences against one might inspire.
Both displays were
Both displays were reprehensible. Both displays have drawn extensive media coverage. Fox had the photos of at least one of the Obama displays, so I don't know where you're looking but they are out there.
Criminal charges were filed against the people involved in the Obama display -- not as a hate crime but for theft of materials used to make the display.
It doesn't have to be about the feminist or racial agenda. Don't give these idiotic displays more traction than they deserve. Like my mom used to say "Consider the source" and move on.
Hi anonymous: do a google
Hi anonymous:
do a google search on Obama effigy and Palin effigy and u will immediately see the difference in coverage. almost every msm item includes the picture of Palin at the end of noose, i did not see a single item that shows Obama dangling.
I believe the coverage of Obama was correct! Don't show such rot.
BUT I BELIEVE THE COVERAGE OF PALIN INCORRECT. There is NO need to showcase the hate and the message of violence in either case. But MSM has INDEED chosen to show Palin dangling! This is a no brainer.
Yep consider the source is true, but sadly we are all a product of the culture in which we live. When we become inured to femicide this is indeed a problem and the souce here is MSM broadcasting pictures that are incendiary!
Re the arrested for other things: well that doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out the lengths the law goes to send a message.
I was thrilled to see this
I was thrilled to see this post! I work at a domestic violence org and this is something I've long wanted to see-- Feminists calling for Hate Crime to be applied to violence against women. It is absurd the double standard cited above. Clearly America views racism as worse than sexism! This needs change! Sexism should take no backseat to racism, and women would benefit to a massive degree if they accepted this and fought for recognition that rape is a Hate Crime!!
the women's movement is long
the women's movement is long overdue to focus on women first and minority rights second. I have not heard a lot from the naacp over sexism but feminist groups seem to focus as much on minority rights and racisim as sexism. no one is saying racisim is not taboo, but I do think women need to let the many black-focused groups continue to keep racsim as the primary focus while women's groups need to put sexism and misogyny front and center.
I have not heard nearly enough from NOW and Feminist Majority about sexism in this campaign, and web groups like Feministing seem more concerned with slights agasint Obama than sexism and misogyny against either Ms. Clinton or Ms. Palin.
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