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From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
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Subject: Re: Re: Watch them closely when they quote statistics
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> 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
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