There are 67 women currently serving in the United States House of Representatives. There are 368 men currently serving in the House. Female Representatives make up 15.4% of the House.
60% of women in relationships work outside the home. Women make up almost half of our nation 's workforce.
But women make up only 2.7% of the highest earning bracket.
57% of college students in the United States are women.
One in five women will be the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. Every 2-5 minutes, a woman is raped somewhere in the United States. 90% of rape victims are women. Of the 10% who are male, 70% are raped by men.
Almost one in three American women will be physically and/or sexually abused by a significant other in her lifetime. On average, three women are killed by their husbands or boyfriends every single day in this country.
Women are taxpayers, students, workers, mothers, lovers. We are being taxed without equal representation in our government, we are being penalized for over-achieving in our studies ( "affirmative action " for men in college admissions is the new hot thing), we are still being paid less than our male counterparts for the same work and it takes a higher level of education for a woman to earn a decent living wage, we are still denied affordable childcare in most places, denied paid maternity leave (and paternity leave for that matter), and denied respect from society for the work many of us do inside the home. We are constantly objectified and denigrated by men, regardless of our personal actions, looks, or proclivities. We are taught from birth to loathe ourselves and our bodies, to hide those things which make us women, to constantly defer to men when making decisions...
There are so many rungs on that ladder left to climb. As National Women 's History Month comes to an end, let us continue on in a spirit of cooperation and goodwill in the battle for a better tomorrow for our daughters and our mothers and our sisters and our lovers.
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