Friday, July 15, 2011

For every 100 girls...

Pretty good resource with nice hard data hat tip to r/mensrights for that one. Some excerpts:

Death and Suicide:

- For every 100 girls and women ages 15 to 24 years who die 292 boys and men die.

- For every 100 females ages 15 to 19 that commit suicide 549 males in the same range kill themselves.

- For every 100 females ages 20 to 24 that commit suicide 624 males of the same age kill themselves.

Education:

- For every 100 women enrolled in college there are 78 men enrolled.

- For every 100 women enrolled in the sixth year or more of college there are 70 men enrolled.

- For every 100 American women who earn an associate’s degree from college 61 American men earn the same degree.

- For every 100 American women who earn a bachelor’s degree from college 75 American men earn a bachelor’s degree.

- For every 100 American women who earn a master’s degree from college 66 American men earn the same degree.

- For every 100 American women who earn a first-professional degree 104 American men earn a first-professional degree.

- For every 100 American women who earn a doctor’s degree from college 91 American men earn the same degree.


Sources are in the original which is well worth reading.

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