General Chat

1% of the titled land in the world is owned by women 70% of the 1.2bn people in poverty are women and children 9% of judges, 10% of company directors and 10% of top police officers in the UK are women 21% of the world’s managers are female 62% of unpaid family workers are female £970,000 is the difference between lifetime earnings of men and women in the UK finance sector Women in full-time jobs earn on average 17% less than British men Women in part-time jobs earn on average 42% less than men There are 12 world leaders who are women out of the 191 members of the United Nations In the EU women comprise 3% of top execs of major companies 1,440 women die each day during childbirth. That is a rate of one death every minute. 67% of all illiterate adults are women 700,000 million women are without adequate food, water, sanitation, health care or education compared with 400,000 men.

The price we pay for living in a man's world. When will they learn that if all the women went on strick they would be stuck! Who would cook and clean and look after the children? Who would look after the sick and provide education? They take us for granted but thay would be stuck without us and untermatly they would not be here without us. (With advances in medical technology women could still have children without men being involved)

I find it astonishing that someone does every minute during childbirth.

I quote 'there's lies, damn lies, and then there's statistics'

Does make you wonder if those figures applied to men! Would things be better? Allie x

If women didn't feel guilty about being good wives, mothers, daughters, sisters and employees of men, those stats would be different. It narks me that if I want to do anything, my first thought is what about the children? Whereas my husband just says 'yes'! nell

I agree with Nell - can't think of anything to add. Gwynne

Re the last one on the list, it's probably because the men died young, breaking their backs or breathing in noxious fumes, etc, doing dangerous work. Statistically, men die younger than women. CB >|<

if those statistics applied to men instead of women, we'd do something about it rather than moan... only joking ladies.. *runs and hides*

hmmm lol

I'm sure the woman who invented the first bra would love the idea of us burning them now! Just be grateful we don't still wear whale bone corsits! (sp is wrong)