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How the 1% meme obscures global inequality

There is economic inequality between men and women, but gender is not class. And woman does not equal poor. Continue reading

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A little geographic and demographic awareness might squelch the 1% meme

How the 1% meme works, and how it could be stopped. Here is a typical recent application of the 1% meme -the 30-year rumor that women own only 1% of the world’s property. In a blog post on Ms., Jessica … Continue reading

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International Women’s Day breathes new life into the 1% meme

What does this meme say about generations of feminists and all they’ve accomplished when it carelessly exaggerates the state of women’s oppression? Continue reading

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Follow the bouncing 1% meme…

Will women always only own “1% of the world’s wealth”? Continue reading

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What is the 1% meme solution?

The 1% meme lives. Continue reading

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A one-percent-meme-less International Women’s Day?

Support International Women’s Day. (Stop the 1% meme.) Continue reading

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How much wealth for women? More than 1%

OK, here is enough evidence to tie this thing up. Continue reading

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Stop that feminist viral statistic meme

The burden of proof is not on me to show these facts are wrong, but rather to point out that they were never demonstrably true, so we shouldn’t use them. Continue reading

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Women and climate change (good point, coupla bad facts)

The EU Parliament takes a stand on women and climate change (+/- 1%). Continue reading

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Longer posts

The Regnerus Affair In 2012 Texas sociologist Mark Regnerus, funded by $800,000 from conservative foundations, published a paper on well-being outcomes for the grown children of parents who had same-sex relationships, suggesting that growing up with gay or lesbian parents was … Continue reading

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