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Female "Anti-feminist" speakers & thinkers

Bettina Ardnt Fiamengo Files Karen Straughan Christina Hoff Sommers Cassie Jaye on Red Pill Cassie Jay Ted Talk

Education

HESA: higher education stats Female > 30% higher numbers than males Guardian 2016: Gender gap and subjects by gender Independent, 2018: gender disparity grows Science Daily: Girls outperform boys in 70% of countries studied University of Glasgow - same study UCAS undergraduate reports

Unemployment

Statista: unemployment by gender UK

Life expectancy and health matters

Statista: Life expectancy by gender UK Women living 4 years longer on average than men, down from 5 Statista: Suicide rate by gender UK Significantly higher among men Statista: Cancer deaths UK Men > women

Women in STEM

The Atlantic: The more choice, the less women in STEM The more developed the natino, the lower %age of women in STEM Daily Evergreen: Blind selection benefits women in STEM recruitment Women and minorities increased recruitment when work evaluated blind Wired: Women in STEM Performance of women undervalued Harassment as cause of women leaving STEM IFLScience.com: Women and STEM Women offered jobs across STEM in higher proportion than applications Various other bits and pieces one way and the other abc.net.au: blind recruitment study makes things worse Removing gender info from applications resulted in less female recruitment

Workplace Death and Injury

93% of workplace deaths (USA) are male Using the National Committee on Pay Equity's methodology, Perry came up with what he calls the Equal Occupational Fatality Day. Based on the different fatality rates, this day doesn't occur until January 21, 2029. That date," Perry says, mimicking the language of the NCPE, "symbolizes how far into the future American women will be able to continue working before they experience the same loss of life that men experienced in 2015 from work-related deaths."

Gender Pay Gap

How job choice affects the gender pay gap (ONS) Washington Post analysis of Gender Pay Gap Youtube: Christina Hoff Sommers, on Gender Pay Gap Abbreviations: ONS: Office for National Statistics

Links on working hours

UK working hours men versus women 2016-2018 Average men - c.39 hrs Average women: c.34 hrs UK commuting time Men account for 65% of commutes > 1 hour Women account for 55% of commutes < 15 minutes