Article: Small business success in rural communities: Explaining the sex gap

Article: Sex and death. (sex gap in life expectancy ...
The Economist (US);  March 11, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... disease, compared with 2,031 men. But as the virus passes to heterosexuals and drug-abusers, more women will die. The sex gap in life expectancy is narrowing. Between 1973 and 1983 the expectation of life at birth increased by 2.3 years for men and ...

Article: Papering over the sex gap. (pay-equity) (Business)
The Economist (US);  January 12, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... women for work of comparable value. Employers must also set aside at least 1% of their total payroll each year to close the sex gap. Advertisements on Toronto buses and subway trains encourage workers to complain to the pay-equity commission if their employers ...

Article: '27% pay sex gap.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  August 30, 2005 ;     267 words ...WOMEN earn an average of 27% less than their male colleagues, research showed today. Men's average annual salaries are pounds 30,948, while women lag behind, earning just pounds 23,977 on average each year, says PayFinder.com

Article: Showdown at sex gap: women's intrinsic math and ...
Science News;  November 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Here's a good way to inflame the tempers of all those within earshot. Do as former Harvard University President Lawrence Summers did in 2005 and suggest that the relatively low number of high-achieving women in mathematics and science partly reflects a lack of an inherent aptitude for such

Article: HOW UHURA BRIDGED SEX GAP.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England);  December 12, 1996 ;     447 words ...She went where no woman had ever gone before - onto the bridge of the Enterprise with attitude. In 1966, Star Trek's Uhura was the coolest girl ever to set foot in space. Actress Nichelle Nichols wanted to be recognised for more than just her micro-miniskirt - and after much campaigning, she

Article: Bid to close pay sex gap.(Comment)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  January 2, 2004 ;     265 words ...MALE workers are to be canvassed in a new campaign to close the 18% pay gap between men and women. Amicus revealed today that it will try to convince all its members that pay inequality is a family issue, which leads to ``spiralling debt The union will ask men to consider the damage being caused by

Article: Bottle tips to women; Alcoholism rate narrows sex ...
The Washington Times;  June 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Devon Jersild, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Sandy, a college-age woman, had liked to binge drink from age 15 to 18. She binged on weekends, she said, to blow off steam. One night, during her freshman year, she ran drunkenly onto a highway and was hit by a truck going 35 miles an hour.