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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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If ONLY women were as smart as this little boyWednesday, September 30, 2009 at 2:47 pm — admin
 From BV Black Spin: Too often, as a society, we insult our young people, labeling them as a lost generation. Here's a young man who has taken leadership in to his 11-year-old hands. "Jonathan E. McCoy gave a rousing speech earlier this year to his church in Baltimore about why our community needs to drop the 'N' word. His speech, "A New Petition," called for the discontinuation of that six-letter word, and the slang usage of the word. "I'm sending a message to everyone who knowingly or ignorantly uses this word to describe our people, whether you're a gangster rapper who uses it to communicate with your boys, or someone who looks down on us who haven't got a college education," said the pint-sized orator. "Whatever the case, it's time to discontinue the use of this word. It is implausible that 40 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we still use this word that holds no worth in our lives nor our future." ----------------------------------------------- Hats off to you McCoy. I would love to see him ask for the same respect paid to women by removing the B, W, S words from rap music, but heck he watches TV nightly and is as inured to those depredations against women as women themselves have become! Yeah, we know, it is "implausible" that McCoy didn't get a bit of coaching. But who cares! It is a great message. I hope that his coach has taught him that black women deserve the same respect he is asking for black men. A rap song that says "Yo you ugly bitch, get down on this," is no better than one that says "Hey nigga." |
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Good story! We need more
Good story! We need more Jonathan McCoys and some gals mixed in there to stand up for women and themselves!
good point. where is the
good point. where is the girl child to take up the cause for ending abusive behavior to her sex? whenever little girls are alloted a moment of glory is is always because they are asking for help for others not themselves. this little boy is asking for help for himself. this is a pattern women must break. we are allowed to ask for things for ourselves.
Off topic but I'd like to
Off topic but I'd like to just let everyone know about this petition condemning the Hollywood assholes who are supporting Polansky.
http://thenewagenda.net/2009/10/01/because-i-was-afraid-of-him/
great Alison! thanks! I have
great Alison! thanks! I have bookmarked a Salon item on this as well as a Wapo and nytimes stories. ( LOONY Applebaum is wants no punishment for a child rapist! Salon actually gets it right, but they have always liked the victim women, just not the alpha ones!)
I am swamped, but promise to post links and the such to those stories soon.
In the meantime: Send the cracker to Jail !
Hollywood has it ass backwards when it comes to women and this is just another example of their sexism.
43 to 13, the guy should get a hot poker up his rear and not an Oscar!
GET all your virtual butts over to The New Agenda and sign the petition!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go get that rapist!
I LOVE your writing style.
I LOVE your writing style.
"Send the Cracker to Jail!"
Love it.
Ditto. I adore the snappy
Ditto. I adore the snappy engaged style. The writing is sharp but what brings me back is how unpredictable the politics. I can never assume a surefire liberal or conservative position. This is the centered position I wish journalists at large corporations took. It is boring me to tears to always know in advance the tone of bias of a writer.
The google ad that pops up
The google ad that pops up with this story is very telling. It asks: "How Prejudiced is America?"
The picture that accompanies it is of the back of a black man with a tattoo over his shoulder blades.
I would keel over dead if I saw a google ad that was polling the question: How sexist is America? or How misogynistic is America?
Telling, very telling. Evidently we as so sexist we have not even evolved to asking that question on a mainstream basis.
sing it sista
sing it sista
Smart Post. When we were
Smart Post. When we were kids, we used to play a game, why are you hitting yourself? Umhm, you know the one. Co-opting the n or b words is just an adult extention of that childhood game.
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