User:Lights and freedom/Women in the United States
| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 14 (2015) |
| Women in parliament | 19.5% (2015) |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 95.4% (2015) |
| Women in labour force | 56.0% (2015) |
| Gender Inequality Index | |
| Value | 0.203 (2015)[1] |
| Rank | 43rd out of 159 |
| Global Gender Gap Index[2] | |
| Value | 0.720 (2018) |
| Rank | 51st |
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Political and legal status[edit]
Relevant constitutional amendments, acts of Congress, court decisions, background in common law
Reproductive rights[edit]
Birth control is legal nationwide.[3] The right of all women to an abortion in in the first trimester of their pregnancy was legally recognized in the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade in 1973.[4]
Representation[edit]
Statistics of women in government.
Statistics of women in other leadership roles and in the workforce.
Gender roles[edit]
What activities are more associated with women, or more associated with men.
Pressures on women to do certain things instead of others.
Depictions of women in media.
Within relationships[edit]
Expectations of women's role in relationships.
Violence against women[edit]
Incidence of violence against women and relevant statistics.
Gender discrimination (or Gender inequality?)[edit]
Including general rankings of gender inequality (although perhaps these belong in Representation), and material from sources talking specifically about gender discrimination.
References[edit]
- ^ "Table 5: Gender Inequality Index - Human Development Reports 2015". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "The Global Gender Gap Report 2018" (PDF). World Economic Forum. pp. 10–11.
- ^ "Griswold v. Connecticut - The Impact of Legal Birth Control and the Challenges that Remain". lobby.la.psu.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ Chemerinsky (2019), 10.3.3.1, p. 887.