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Gender Disparities

Posts about disparities affecting boys and men:

Is the U.S. Really 46th in Educational Gender Equality, like the Seattle Times Says?

April 16, 2024February 1, 2021

The editorial relies on the World Economic Forum’s 2018 Global Gender Gap Report, which ranks the United States 46th in educational attainment. That sounds like a problem to be solved, but – upon closer investigation – it is not. Instead, that ranking is quite misleading.

Women and girls in Seattle have commissions at 4 levels of government focused on their gender’s issues. Men and boys have 0. It’s time we change that.

June 19, 2024February 1, 2021

If you are a woman who lives in Seattle, you have a commission, council, or advisory board looking out for your sex/gender’s interests at the city, county, state, and federal levels of government. As demonstrated … Read more

Single-parent households are 30% of Washington’s households with children

September 6, 2023January 29, 2021

Single moms outnumber single dads two to one The latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows 30% of households with children in Washington state are headed by single parents. The number of single-mom households … Read more

Seattle Times Editorial Celebrates Billionaires’ One-Sided Take on Gender Equality

April 16, 2024June 22, 2020

This post is WIBM’s response to The Seattle Times editorial board’s piece “A welcome boost toward gender equality from Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Bezos,” published June 18, 2020. It is always a good day when … Read more

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