Women's Figures

The Independent publishes some statistics about women’s place in the world that are sure — and, no doubt, designed — to get feminists riled up. Some of the numbers, though, might not reflect what the Independent had in mind. This one, for example:

67% of all illiterate adults are women

If that’s the case, no wonder, then, that “Women in full-time jobs earn an average 17% less than British men” and “In the EU, women comprise 3% of chief execs of major companies.”

On the other hand, this factoid,

12 is the number of world leaders who are women (out of 191 members of the United Nations)

…tells us that the fairer sex is indeed the smarter and more ethical, too.

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