The Society of Actuaries estimates that an average man will face a period of severe disability of about 18 months, while for women it will approach three years.
Joseph Quinn, an economist at Boston College, notes that workforce-participation rates for older male workers fell steadily from the late 19th century until the mid-1980s, then gradually began to turn up, while for women at that time they began to rise.
Christian theologians still argue over what Saint Paul meant when he told the people of Corinth that for men to have long hair was shameful, while for women, flowing tresses were something glorious (although they should keep them covered, perhaps to avoid tempting wayward angels).
On August 22, Buzz scores for women with children under 18 stood at 30.5, while those for women without children under 18 were at 28.3.
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And while opportunities for women have grown exponentially over the last 30 years, as young people, in many ways you have it even tougher than we did.
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Raising the minimum wage has been favored by 80 percent of New Yorkers in polls for months, while equal pay for women hasn't often been polled because it is believed to have overwhelming support.
Men dominate profit-and-loss posts, in part because they ask for them, while women often wait for them to be offered, says Jennifer W. Christensen, a Chicago executive recruiter.
In 1985, women accounted for 8% of new HIV diagnoses while in 2009, women accounted for 25% of those newly diagnosed.
While not illegal for pregnant women to visit the U.S. to give birth, the maternity homes themselves are illegal.
Doctors have known for a while that women who first give birth in their early 20s have lower rates of breast cancer later in life than women who delay childbearing.
While women preparing for the Derby or other events can look within their city for a milliner, many customers turn to searching online, which is how they find designers like Conti, Siverson, Steinmann and Jill Henning of Jill Henning Fineries, based in Toledo, Ohio.
Nazir Afzal, chief prosecutor for the North West region, said while abuse is a problem for many women's groups - it can be much starker for South Asian women because they're seen as rejecting the power that men typically hold.
The most economically productive marriages for professional women are ones in which husbands are freer to care for the needs of the family while the women focus on their lucrative careers.
After decades of public service announcements, self-exam "buddy" reminders, and "racing for the cure" to raise breast cancer awareness, suddenly we find that all the effort and money dedicated to breast cancer screening for women under 50 actually saved "only" one life for every 1, 904 women screened while generating too many false positives, hundreds of unnecessary biopsies and excessive anxiety for healthy women.
While 324 synod members voted for women bishops, Church voting rules mean 122 votes against were enough to block it.
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One blast took place near the former military academy for women, while the other struck close to the interior ministry.
Gartner also found that men tend to buy a media tablet for themselves, while women tend to receive them as gifts.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that arrests for women driving while drunk are on the rise, by about 30% from 1998 to 2007.
While at first intended for younger women, Clinique says Chubby Sticks are appealing to older women including those in their 40s, who have been buying several at once.
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Just 48% of women feel like the office is a level playing field for men and women, while 54% of men do.
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One-third of respondents reported an upside for women in the recession, while 86% responded that the economy wouldn't hinder women's advancement.
The men, filthy from scavenging for belongings in the ruins, sit for a smoke and a chat, while the women prepare miso soup with vegetables, hard-boiled eggs and seaweed for dinner.
For a while, the two women stood together at the gate, both of them using their Blackberries to study the flight information.
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Men still receive the majority of high-paying status jobs while women struggle to work for less and take care of the home.
While the findings are encouraging for young women, the implications in the workplace that Price mentions are what interest me the most.
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Kreamer also found that, on the job, men were more likely to cry for personal reasons, while women were more likely to cry because of something that happened at work.
Thus the new pope would make a major contribution to shoring up the cultural foundations of the democratic project if he would press the case for the inalienable right to life while expanding the Church's already-extensive services for women in crisis pregnancies and those in need of compassionate, dignified end-of-life care.
One of them confessed to the president she was doing time for stealing a baby because she was barren, while the other two were in prison for beating up other women in fits of jealousy.
"They're redesigning the whole uniform for women because all this while they've been wearing men's uniform, " he said backstage.
The findings, particularly those for women, were, while not entirely surprising, upsetting.
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