These are not unusual percentages in this country, although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is one-third female after being formed in 2003.
Performers are always male, with female roles being played by men, and most are amateurs who gain their living through other means but perform for spiritual rewards.
Social scientists point out that in urban middle class families, there now seems to be a reversal of the old trend, with a female children being preferred.
Although the Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 did provide some protection for women in the workplace, it was not until the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 that employers were obliged to take seriously the issue of female staff being bullied or sexually harassed in the office.
But a question remains: Have you thought about how being female will impact your B-school experience?
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Federal law absolutely prohibits excluding employees within a group, including for being female.
Chairman of the Guild, Robert Wennekes, said the UK probably had 10, 000 butlers today, with about 25% being female.
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But the deep, dark secret is that Lean In is more about being bold than it is about being female.
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They become this way as a result of growing up in a culture where emotions are associated with being female and gay and thus devalued.
Young women represented the majority of the film's audience, with 76 percent of ticket buyers being female and 52 percent under the age of 25.
The United States will field more women than men for the first time in its history, with 269 of the 530 athletes taking part being female.
Yet, because girls develop autistic features less often, something about being female is protective against the condition, said Stephan Sanders, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University who presented the work.
Since a large majority of the MapleStory players are between the age of 18-29, with more than 40 percent being female, this group represents an important sample of this voting-block.
Yet as boys reach manhood, they begin to lose their closest male friends and become less willing to be emotionally vulnerable because they associate these qualities with being female or gay.
"Equal opportunity to access jobs and pay has been enshrined in legislation for 40 years, yet Futuretrack found that being female can make a difference to a graduate's earning power", said Ms Artess.
On one hand I would like to assert myself as the leader, especially being a female and relatively young in this culture that prefers male and seniority.
An official at the hospital said the man was in critical condition with multiple rib fractures, and that his female companion was also being treated there for a pelvis fracture.
So in my mind, my house was being a female, and looking at what females, you know, what our choices were and how, you know, we needed to work on our self-esteem.
It is not yet known if it is male or female, but names being suggested included Snowy, Frosty and Alf - related to the TV character which stands for Alien Life Form.
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Zurer said she had a blast being the only female lead in the film.
Coming up, a difficult discussion about being Asian and female in America.
But the difference has less to do with with being male or female than with the kinds of business than men and women start.
The book tackles the challenges of being a young female athlete.
In no circumstances, the campaign should convey to female listener a sentiment of being a victim or make her a sole responsible for violence occurring to her.
She had come from a place where nothing was expected of a woman to being the first female elected to Afghanistan's Parliament, a body reformed after the war.
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Being the first female driver to hold a lead in the Indianapolis 500, as Patrick first did three years ago before ultimately finishing fourth, does plenty to get you noticed.
They discussed that in no circumstance should the campaign convey to a female listener the sentiment of being a victim or make her feel responsible for the violence committed against her.
Figures that reveal that fewer girls in Africa and the Middle East are being subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) show it is possible to end the practice, the UN has said.
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