Comments on: New Global Gender Gap Report http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2009/11/new-global-gender-gap-report/ Nearly all of us root for fairness, not for our own sex. - Nicholas Kristof Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:26:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tweets that mention New Global Gender Gap Report « Feminist Law Professors -- Topsy.com http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2009/11/new-global-gender-gap-report/comment-page-1/#comment-6107 Tweets that mention New Global Gender Gap Report « Feminist Law Professors -- Topsy.com Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:53:56 +0000 http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=13745#comment-6107 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Feminist Law Profs and weforum, postracialist. postracialist said: RT @FeministLawPrfs: New blog post: New Global Gender Gap Report http://bit.ly/1kDqBq [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Feminist Law Profs and weforum, postracialist. postracialist said: RT @FeministLawPrfs: New blog post: New Global Gender Gap Report http://bit.ly/1kDqBq [...]

]]> By: leliathomas http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2009/11/new-global-gender-gap-report/comment-page-1/#comment-6106 leliathomas Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:11:40 +0000 http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=13745#comment-6106 Sometimes these reports baffle me. I can accept the first five countries on the list, but South Africa at #6--<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8107039.stm" title="South African rape survey shock" rel="nofollow">really</a>? With <em>Denmark</em> at #7? And how on earth can the Philippines be above the Netherlands, the UK, Switzerland, Australia and the States? <a href="http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/anderson/brides/pg1.html" rel="nofollow">It's said that 70% of women in the Philippines live in poverty</a>, and it is of course also a major hub for mail-order brides. Uganda, with a 57% literate female population, comes in at #40. Meanwhile, Luxembourg is #63. I have to say I would rather live in one of the more poorly-rated, Western countries and get paid a buck an hour less than have to worry about somewhat socially-accepted rape at every corner or how I was going to learn to read. With rape, poor mortality rates for women and infants, high birth rates, low female literacy rates and extreme poverty for women in some of these countries, you have to wonder how on earth they got rated so highly. Is it just that, in some of these countries, neither gender has great access to certain resources, and so it screws around with the calculations? That's the only possible explanation I can come up with! Sometimes these reports baffle me. I can accept the first five countries on the list, but South Africa at #6–really? With Denmark at #7? And how on earth can the Philippines be above the Netherlands, the UK, Switzerland, Australia and the States? It’s said that 70% of women in the Philippines live in poverty, and it is of course also a major hub for mail-order brides. Uganda, with a 57% literate female population, comes in at #40. Meanwhile, Luxembourg is #63.

I have to say I would rather live in one of the more poorly-rated, Western countries and get paid a buck an hour less than have to worry about somewhat socially-accepted rape at every corner or how I was going to learn to read.

With rape, poor mortality rates for women and infants, high birth rates, low female literacy rates and extreme poverty for women in some of these countries, you have to wonder how on earth they got rated so highly. Is it just that, in some of these countries, neither gender has great access to certain resources, and so it screws around with the calculations? That’s the only possible explanation I can come up with!

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