There must be a good reason for this startling fact. Especially since, according to UN gender reports, women perform 66% of the world's work, produce 50% of its food and earn a whopping 10% of its income. Could it be that Occupy Wall Street really is a feminist movement camouflaged to make it palatable?

Nah! Besides, I know; women don't want to own property, it's a hassle. They know intuitively that property is overrated. It can't help that women aren't as good at math and find it harder to calculate closing costs. And it really doesn't help that clothing standards are dropping. If women would just dress for success, banks will take them seriously. Besides, their husband's provide everything they need and they shouldn't worry their pretty heads about crass things like property. In addition, if they're liberated, which we all know they pretty much are these days, they need to work harder and stop expecting things to be handed to them on a platter like the princesses they all secretly want to be. Phew, all done.

But, maybe it's because girls and women:

•Don't get to go to school when their brothers do

•Get married off (don't worry, at a good price)


•Are deprived of food when it's scarce


•Aren't allowed to own anything themselves


•Don't inherit


•Aren't paid for their labor


•Are property. Duh.


How much poorer do we want women to get in the world? It's really hard to imagine. They already make up the overwhelming majority of the world's poor. And, despite the successes of feminists (yes, men and women) during the past century, even in the U.S. we have a persistent and growing feminization of poverty.

Why does it matter if women aren't earning, saving and investing it? It doesn't make you happier.

It does, however, make you healthier, make you safer, mean you live longer, you don't die in childbirth, you don't work til you die, you aren't subjected to the constant threat of violence or violence itself. It means you are an agent in your own life.

I understand that lots of people feel that women have enough and that men are now getting the short end of the stick. If that's the case why NOT let women spare men the onerous task of being workhorses in charge of their own destiny and having responsibility for the women and children around them. Men should stop paying for brides, educate their daughters, let women do paid work and allow them to inherit property. I say, throw out the stick. Look at the frigging mess we're in.

And, despite the successes of feminists (yes, men and women) during the past century, even in the U.S. we have a persistent and growing feminization of poverty.

what a load of biased falsehoods.

women do the minority of the PAID work but spend the MAJORITY of the money.

money they don"t earn.

they are avaricous, lazy, lie and rip us off at every step.

men should be more wary and not trust anyone implicitly because of their breasts

Annie - there is an answer to this - women should buy property
instead of wasting their money on: makeup, clothes & boob jobs.