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— Tue, Nov 21, 2006 —
World Not So Hot On Women's Rights
A Very Special (And Obvious) Message From Harvard

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A new Harvard-endorsed report contends that depsite the nominal success of women's liberation movements and more inclusive politics, not one in 115 survery nations have bridged the gender gap in terms of education, salary, politics or health.

Sweden has gone farthest in eliminating inequality between men and women, followed by Norway, Finland and Iceland. The Philippines is the only Asian country in the top 10 and the United States comes in at 22. Yemen ranks bottom.
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For economic participation, for example, the researchers measured the proportion of men and women in work, pay gaps and the ratio of women to men among legislators, senior officials and managers.

The study shows the gender gap for health and survival is very narrow across the world. Based on a score of 1 meaning full equality and 0 a complete lack of equality, the range for all 115 countries is just 0.9796 to 0.9227.

But when it comes to political empowerment -- the ratio of women to men in parliament, ministerial positions, and heads of state over the past 50 years -- the best performer is Sweden with a score of 0.5501 but Saudi Arabia is last with zero.


So, ladies, we advise you to steer clear of Saudi Arabia and Yemen if you're looking for equality. The US ain't looking that great, either. Perhaps a mass exodus to Sweden? That's looking pretty good. Plus, they have great music.

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No. 1
Ryan says:

Umm... Education? More women (by far) go to and graduate from college in America (and probably Canada, UK, etc.). To say that women aren't getting enough education in comparison to men is absurd. While they haven't quite caught up on jobs, pay and benefits, it's really only a matter of time before there's essentially parity.

And health? Women live a good 3-4 years longer, on average.

In terms of politics, out of the 6 seats Democrats gained, two of them came from women. Add to that women from Maine and California won in the Senate too (and that's just off the top of my head). We have a female Speaker of the House, who's now become essentially the second most powerful politician in America. There isn't parity in politics yet, but I think that has almost as much to do with incumbency than anything else. The old white men just keep running and running, but as recent elections have shown they can be beat and when there isn't an incumbent, a lot of female and minorities tend to be elected.

I proudly call myself a feminist, but a lot of people arguing the feminist cause have taken it too far and are ignoring reality. To reach further success in the movement, it's more important to play up the current success and start transitioning both toward the Third Wave of Feminism and the idea of women equality no longer being a "movement" so much as it's normal and reality.

November 21, 2006 7:10 PM

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