Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mnetor.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!sophie From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) Newsgroups: net.women,net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Watch them closely when they quote statistics Message-ID: <1266@mnetor.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 13:09:12 EDT Article-I.D.: mnetor.1266 Posted: Thu Jul 11 13:09:12 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 14:23:33 EDT References: <1519@watdcsu.UUCP> <1520@watdcsu.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lines: 15 Xref: utcs net.women:6368 net.politics:9654 > I just noticed another interesting feature of the diagram that showed > women as 35% of the work force... the diagram is a picture of a > single-file line of men at the back and women at the front. Not only > did the person who drew the diagram draw 25% of the figures as women to > supposedly represent the 35% of the work force that women comprise, but > the women in the drawing were drawn CLOSER TOGETHER than the men, > making them look like an even smaller portion of the total. > -- > David Canzi Aren't you reading a bit too much into this? maybe women stand closer together than men or something like that. -- Sophie Quigley {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|linus|watmath}!utzoo!mnetor!sophie