75 Reasons Why Angry Cornell Women (Your Worst Nightmare) Are Exercising Their Freedom of Speech

1. 1 out of every 3 women will be the victim of sexual assault during her lifetime.
2. In the U.S. it is estimated that a woman is raped every 1.3 minutes.
3. In one survey 51% of college men said they would rape if they were certain they could get away with it.
4. Rape victims are 9 times more likely than non victims to have attempted suicide.
5. Every 15 seconds a woman is battered in the U.S.
6. In the U.S. 4 women are killed every day by their husbands or boyfriends.
7. 60% of battered women are beaten while they are pregnant.
8. 57% of all children in female-headed households live below the poverty level.
9. 79% of African-American children in female-headed households live below the poverty level.
10. 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 dropout.
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13. Based on annual earnings, for every $1 of a man's pay, a woman could expect to earn:
    • in 1955: 64 cents
      
    • in 1960: 61 cents
      
    • in 1992: 66 cents
      
14. 1 out of 10 federal and state judges are women.
15. 45% of underweight women think they are too fat.
16. 53% of high school girls are unhappy with their body by age 13.
17. 78% of high school girls are unhappy with their bodies by age 18.
18. 90%-95% of anorexics and bulimics are women.
19. 150,000 American women die of anorexia every year.
20. In one survey, 50% of anorexics had been sexually abused.
21. The rate of unknown causes of HIV infection for women is more than double that of men.
22. It is estimated that 3 million women will die of AIDS during this decade.
23. Women of color account for 73% of women with AIDS in this country.
24. Total public dollars spent for contraceptive services fell by one-third between 1980 and 1990.
25. More than 1 million teenage girls become pregnant each year.
26. The risk of death associated with childbirth is 11 times higher than with an abortion.
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28. Before Roe v. Wade, 10,000 women died each year in the U.S. from illegal abortions. 50% of these women were women of color.
29. In 1992 there were 128,500 women with the HIV virus.
30. In 1992 there were 24,307 women with AIDS.
31. Worldwide, women accounted for 40% of those infected with HIV in 1992, up from 25% in 1990.
32. In New York City, AIDS is the leading killer of women between the ages of 25 And 34.
33. 1 out of 8 women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer in her life.
34. 5% of the money spent for cancer research is spent on breast cancer.
35. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for African-American women.
36. 70% of African-American and Latina women have never had a mammogram.
37. Most women who get breast cancer have no identifiable risk factor.
38. Cosmetics are a $20- billion industry worldwide.
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41. The amount spent on cosmetics every year could buy:
    • 3 times the amount of day care offered by the U.S. government
    • 2,000 women's health clinics
    • 33,000 battered-women's shelters.
42. The diet industry currently grosses $33 billion a year.
43. Sexually transmitted diseases cause more death and illness in women than AIDS does in men, women and children combined.
44. 89% of homeless mothers have been physically and/or sexually abused, 67% while children.
45. 85% of bias crimes against lesbians go unreported.
46. 90% of sexual harassment victims are unwilling to come forward for two primary reasons: fear of retaliation and fear of loss of privacy.
47. 8 million girls and 5 million boys are sexually abused before they are 18., Or 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 8 boys before they are 18.
48. The federal government will not fund abortions but continues to pay 90% of the cost of sterilization.
49. Gay and lesbian teenagers are up to 3 times more likely to commit suicide than their heterosexual peers.
50. Women have reported depression 3 times more often than men.
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52. In 1920, women attained the right to vote. This was also the first year of the Miss America pageant.
53. Fewer than 20% of children are abused by strangers.
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55. Of 1,585 Cornell University professors 296 are women. And only 33 are women of color.
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57. The average number of children in an American family is 2.2; the average number of children in an American family on welfare is 1.9.
58. Over 2,000 women die of hysterectomies annually.
59. More than 90% of hysterectomies are elective.
60. Worldwide, women hold 10% of the seats in national legislatures.
61. In one-third of governments worldwide, there are no women in the decision-making body of the country.
62. Women news anchors are 20 years younger than male news anchors and get paid 23% less.
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65. Before the 1992 election, the United States ranked near the bottom among all the nations of the world in the percentage of women in government:
    • 2 women out of 100 seats in the Senate ( 6 as of 1992)
    • 28 women out of 435 seats in the House (47 as of 1992)
    • 3 women out of 50 state senators.
66. 80% of women who work outside of their homes earn $20,000 or less annually.
67. 75% of high schools violate Title IX, which bans sex discrimination in education.
68. 41% of rape victims expected to be raped again.
69. Over 80% of women in prison are mothers.
70. Prison terms for killing husbands is twice as long as for killing wives.
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72. One study found that 93% of the women who had killed their mates had been battered by them; 67% indicated the homicide resulted from an attempt to protect themselves and their children.
73. More than 1 in every 7 women who have ever been married have been raped in marriage,
74. Marital rape is legal in 2 states: North Carolina and Oklahoma.
75. 75% of rape victims know their attacker.