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severity of violence
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whether or not it was repeated - and if so, how often
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the complex pattern of overlapping abuse of various kinds
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the context in which it took place.
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Only 30.6% of speaking characters are women
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28.8% of women wear sexually revealing clothes, as opposed to 7.0% of men
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26.2% of women get partially naked as opposed to 9.4% of men
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Only 10.7% of films contain a balanced cast with half the cast being women
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Average ratio of male actors to female actors: 2.25:1
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Roughly 1/3 of female cast members of a movie are at one point or another put into sexually-revealing attire
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There is a 5 to 1 ratio of males working on movies to females
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The full time gender pay gap is 10%, and the average part-time pay gap is 34.5%.
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It is estimated that for each year a mother is absent from the workplace her future wages will reduce by 5%.
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Approximately 70% of people in national minimum wage jobs are women.
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54% of women working part-time have been found to be ‘employed below their potential’, which amounts to 2.8 million women
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Women make up only 17% board directors of FTSE 100 companies.
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A study by the Fawcett Society found that 51% of women and men from middle management to director level identify stereotyping as the major hurdle facing women at work
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Up to 30,000 women are sacked each year simply for being pregnant and each year an estimated 440,000 women lose out on pay or promotion as a result of pregnancy.
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14% of White British women have been asked about their plans for marriage and/or children at a job interview compared to 20-25% of Black Caribbean, Bangladeshi and Pakistani women.
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26% of trade union branches have received enquiries from members who have been exposed to the sex industry – including pornography – at work.
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It is estimated that the UK would gain up to £23 billion (the equivalent to 2% of GDP) by better harnessing women’s skills in employment.
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Only 1 in 4 MPs is a woman and women from minority ethnic groups make up only 1.2% of MPs yet comprise 4% of the UK population.
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Women are outnumbered 5 to1 by men in the cabinet only 16% of senior ministerial posts are held by women.
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The UK is ranked joint 58th in the world with regards to the number of women in national parliaments.
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Just 34.7% of senior civil servants are women.
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Locally, just 35% of elected councillors are women and only 13% of local authority council leaders are women.
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At the current rate of progress we would have to wait more than 150 years before seeing an equal number of women and men elected to English local councils.
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1 in 4 women in their lifetime will be sexually assaulted- far more than men (though yes men do get sexually assaulted and I dont think their pain should be made to seem less than womens)
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1 in 5 men believe it is appropriate for a women to be slapped or touched sexually if she is wearing revealing or sexual attire
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Being mistaken for a secretary/tea lady at board meetings of big companies'
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At a doctors office, patients requesting help from a "male doctor" instead of a female doctor, purely for sexist reasons
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Being accused of menstruation when voicing a firm opinion
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Being asked if a man is available instead
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Being sexually assaulted at work. This is actually a very big problem, I know several women who have either had to quit due to bosses coming onto them or being fired for refusing to sleep with the boss
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When a woman voices an opinion, she is ignored or labelled a bitch. When a man voices the same opinion, he is praised and called a hard worker
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