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The Factual "Dimension" of Feminism

Feminism is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.

Facts: Causes

Population and Abortions

Facts: Causes

More female lives have been lost through violence against women from sex selective abortions, female infanticides, suicide, egregious maternal mortality, and other linked sex causes than all of the lives that were lost in the wars and civil strife of the 20th century. Source: "Sex and World Peace"

It’s estimated that today there are over 130 million ‘missing women’ in the world as a result of selective abortion and excess female deaths.

According to the World Health Organization, since 1962, in every single country of the world there are more boys born than girls. According to a data collected in 2017, women make up about 49.6% of the population.

For most countries (including the United States) there are around 105 boys born per 100 girls. The world is currently at a disequilibrium because the population has more men than women.

The resulting gender imbalance also has a damaging effect on societies. Instances of increased sexual violence and trafficking have already been linked to the phenomenon.

Rape and Sexual Violence

Facts: Causes
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In the United States, one in five women will be raped at some point in their lives.

More than half (51.1%) of female victims of rape reported being raped by an intimate partner.

81% of women report significant short- or long-term impacts such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to sexual assault.

Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes.

One in four girls will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old.

Approximately 15 million adolescent girls (aged 15 to 19) worldwide have experienced forced sex (forced sexual intercourse or other sexual acts) at some point in their life.

30% of women were between the ages of 11 and 17 at the time of their first completed rape.

Perpetrators of sexual violence are less likely to go to jail or prison than other criminals.

Domestic and Physical Violence

Facts: Causes

1 in 4 women (24.3%) aged 18 and older in the United States have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.

Every 9 Seconds in the US a Woman Is Assaulted or Beaten.

Boys who witness domestic violence are 2 times as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.

Nearly half of all women in the United States have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime.

One in 6 women (16.2%) in the United States have experienced stalking victimization at some point during their lifetime.

Domestic violence survivors can face ongoing and challenging effects after enduring physical, mental, and emotional abuse.

Child Marriage

Facts: Causes
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"Child marriage is a violation of human rights, but is all too common"

It is estimated that there are 650 million women and girls in the world today who were married before age 18.

Around the world, 23 girls per minute are married before the age of 18.

"Child marriage is an egregious violation of every child’s right to reach her
or his full potential"

Government and Workplace

Facts: Causes

Women are 51% of the population, but make up 19% of Congress and only a quarter of state legislatures. At the current rate of change since 1960, women will not achieve equal representation in Congress until 2117.

Women make less money than their male counterparts. Women in the United States are paid 82 cents for every dollar paid to men.

African American women would have to work almost 63 years to earn what white men earn in 40 years.

On average, women employed full time in the United States lose a combined total of more than $916 billion every year due to the wage gap.

Only 5% of leadership positions in the tech sector are held by women; they make up only 9% of partners at the top 100 venture capital firms.

Only 24.3 per cent of all national parliamentarians were women as of February 2019, a slow increase from 11.3 per cent in 1995.

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