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Sexism and Gender Discrimination Statistics
- Women working 41 to 44 hours per week earn 84.6% of what men working similar hours earn; women working more than 60 hours per week earn only 78.3% of what men in the same time category earn (Bureau of Labor Statistics, cited in Hilary M. Lips, "The Gender Wage Gap: Debunking the Rationalizations").
- Furthermore, women may work longer to receive the promotions that provide access to higher pay. For example, among school principals, women have an average of 3 years longer as teachers than men do (National Center for Education Statistics, cited in the same).
- Pay inequality figures are even worse for women of color. African American women earn only 72 cents and Latinas 60 cents for every dollar that men earn (AFL-CIO, "It's Time for Working Women to Earn Equal Pay").
- Women typically face challenges breaking into male-dominated fields. However, they still dominate traditionally female professions, such as the following:
Industry Growth for Women's Occupations (1997-2006) Occupation Percent Secretaries & Administrative Assistants 96.7 Child Care Workers 94.6 Hairdressers, Stylists, Cosmetologists 92.9 Registered Nurses 91.7 Teacher Assistants 91.5 Medical Assistants & Other Healthcare Support 90.6 Auditing Clerks 90.3 Maids & Housekeeping Services 89.2 Home Health Aides 88.3 Elementary & Middle School Teachers 80.9 Office Clerks, General 85.3 Cashiers 75.6 Supervisors, Office Managers & Admin Support 73.4 Customers Service Representatives 68.5 Accountants & Auditors 61.8
(Department of Labor, cited in Lahle Wolfe, "Job Fields Business Women Dominate") - The largest percentage of employed Asian and white women (47% and 39%, respectively) worked in management, professional, and related occupations. For both black and Hispanic women, it was sales and office occupations--33% (Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, Quick Stats 2007).
- In jobs that are predominantly occupied by women such as cashiers or child care workers, women make about 95% of men’s wages (DoL, cited in Karen Harper, "Sexism in the Media").
- Estimates of non-fatal domestic violence against women range from 1 million to 4 million a year with nearly 1 in 3 women experiencing a physical assault from a partner in adulthood (Domestic Violence Statistics, District of Columbia Coalition Against Domestic Violence at www.dccadv.org).
- Women have a 10 times greater likelihood of being victimized by an intimate than men (ibid.).
- Also, 33% of all women murdered are murdered by an intimate partner. In fact the leading cause of death among pregnant women is not complications from pregnancy, but murder.(Kim Curtis, "Murder: The leading cause of death for pregnant women." Associated Press April 23, 2003)
- A woman’s life expectancy in the United States is 80 years, as compared to 85 in Japan, 73 in Saudi Arabia, 63 in India, 53 in Haiti, and 47 in Ethiopia (Population Reference Bureau, 2004 World Population Data Sheet, accessed on November 2, 2004, cited in Our Bodies Ourselves Health Resource Center).
- In the United States, there are 11 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. In Austria, there are 4 maternal deaths; in Denmark, there are 5; in Mexico, there are 83; and in Haiti, there are 680 (Maternal Mortality in 2000, estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, and UNFPA, accessed on November 5, 2004).
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Degradation of women
Yes, that is right. Women are so terribly degratated in our film and TV media. Women are nude and the male penis is still taboo. It is all about power. Man is just vane, trying to stay the prime gender. Women have to stand up to this discriminatory action. Shame on you.
Sexism
Please can we have some balance? Male suicides = 4 times that of women Homelessness= 90% are male Custody of children= 85% go to women War= 98% of casualties are male Atrocities - Remember Sarajevo? Iraqi prison abuse - the prison was run by women In war zones and you are captured - expect torture and death. School drop outs - most are boys
Am I sexist in pointing these things out? No more than you who go the other way.
Women are no better or worse than men. Humans have this trait in them. They are violent and nasty, but have the choice not to be.
Two way street
I am a woman, and I do understand and agree that women are targeted with sexism more than men. Women are the weaker sex biologically, but our ancestors have taken great strides to equal the playing field.
That being said, I think we as women should take a step back and realize women can also be sexist toward men. When we walk around with our chests puffed our and claiming everyone else to be targetting us, then we are in a way promoting the woman gender above men. It's like racism. Whites can discriminate blacks and blacks can discriminate against whites. It's a matter of being neutral in the situation in order to see both sides of the coin.
Geez
There are many girls way better at anything I do. One of my best friends for example...she's better than most people at everything.
What?!
More diatribe than fiction, this "fact" page illustrates the ignorance of "progressive" ideology when confronted with truth:
- Women can afford to "choose" to enter the workforce, and "choose" to work less hours than men on the job. Men have no such choice. When factored in, women are paid about the same as men given equal experience and training.
- Women instigate intimate partner violence at the same rate as men. More importantly, serious violence in married heterosexual couples is rare. A women is more likely to be seriously injured falling down the stairs.
The author has conveniently ignored female on male violence, the loss of child access/custody in divorce, and other male issues. I attempted to cite sources, but got spammed.
The most likely reason you
The most likely reason you couldn't find any statistics to cite is because they don't exist.
Your ridiculous assertion that women can "afford to choose to enter the workforce" or "choose to work less hours" than men is in itself a sexist remark. It assumes that women have the luxury of choosing to work or not because they are being taken care of by a man.
Your patent acceptance of domestic violence is blatant victim blame: "she must have done something to deserve it."
I hope to God you don't have a wife or daughters.
Excuse me?!?!?! If i fell
Excuse me?!?!?! If i fell down the stairs, (which i kinda do a lot...)I'd sure as hell make sure you went down with me! WTF! Just because women aren't scared to speak their minds doesn't mean they are violent! And I know plenty of guys who have gotten injured doing stupid shit that me and other women do, but you don't see me walking around in a cast? now do you (partially because i don't know you, but that's totally besides the point!)?!?!?!?!?
Wow, move to Iran, you'll fit
Wow, move to Iran, you'll fit right in. There is no way women commit as much violence on men as men do on women. Look at our jails. If women to commit a violent act on a man, it is likely a slap in the face rather than a slam against the wall or punch in the face as men do when they are violent. Get the facts right before you make a dumb argument, it makes you look pretty stupid.
actually your facts arent right
at the women jails we dont see as much women accused from an assault with an intimate partner as much as in the men jails but its because women get away with what they want 90% of the times. its not rare that a men is attacked by a woman but the men doesn't say anything, and its even rarer that a men after being attacked by a woman that he accuses her by it.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS
I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS STILL HAPPENING. women are just as good as men and sometimes even better. i personally find this type of discrimination to be disgraceful. whatever happened to everyone being equal?! men and women should have equal rights because in the end we are all human and deserve an equal chance at the only life we have. this sexism needs to stop, this is not the 1940s where women have to stay home to cook, clean, and look after the kids while the men go to work. women are voting and getting jobs that are supposedly "male dominated". women have come a long way and this is only the beginning. i am very passionate about this subject because i am a woman and i can get a job despite the fact that it is male dominated.
I kant Believe....
I kant believe that all this sexism is still in the world frankly... i think its just unecessary i am currently doing a project on SEXISM!!! and what i have found so far is more based towards WOMEN!!! I cant wait for the day its brought on towards men.. but of course man will get his way if he is agtaited or disapproves of it... but then again i guess what i just said was kind of sexiest...o well =0 thank you for the stat. it was the best site i went on so far (information Wise) Its a lil. unorganized....BUT GREATTTTTT!!!!
I kant Believe....
I kant believe that all this sexism is still in the world frankly... i think its just unecessary i am currently doing a project on SEXISM!!! and what i have found so far is more based towards WOMEN!!! I cant wait for the day its brought on towards men.. but of course man will get his way if he is agtaited or disapproves of it...
Thank you for posting this
Thank you for posting this statistics on sexism and gender. It pays to know these things. These are helpful in understanding the society more.
WOW I so did not know half
WOW I so did not know half of these things... Thanks for doing all of this research I have to tell my friends.:)
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