New Year’s Day came and went, for
many of
us, without our making any resolutions. If you haven’t yet made
your resolutions, perhaps you’ll be inspired to resolve to change
some of these disturbing statistics. . .
51.2% of all artists in the United States are
women; 5% of works in museums are by women.
5 % of money spent for breast cancer research is
spent on breast
cancer, the most common form of cancer in American women. (And therefore the most common form of cancer for over 50% of the U.S. population is practically overlooked!).
Prison terms for killing husbands are twice as
long as those for killing wives.
95% of enrollees in weight-loss programs are
women, although the sexes are overweight in equal proportions.
Women news anchors are 20 years younger than
male news anchors and get paid 23 percent less.
The average salary of an African-American female
college graduate in a
full-time position is less than that of a white male high-school drop-out.
37% of all American women will have a
hysterectomy by the time they are 60 years old.
