Headlines

[M. Lafontaine]

Headlines

From: RFA...@news.delphi.com (RFA...@DELPHI.COM)
Subject: Headlines
Newsgroups: soc.men
Date: 6 Sep 1995 13:08:52 -0400
Message-ID: <42kkj4$d...@news2.delphi.com>

It is interesting to see what sorts of headlines get published in
newspapers when a given set of data is released by one group or another:

Given the following data concerning work related deaths in the U.S.:

3.8 men per million per year die at work.
0.4 women per million per year die at work.

The cause of death for each sex ranked in order of incidence:

Men: Women:

Road Accidents Murder
Murder Road Accidents
(Other causes) (Other causes)

The headline that results:

"Murder Most Common Cause of Death for Women at Work"

Given the following data regarding murder:

1780 men murdered in Harris County Texas in 1995
380 women murdered in Harris County Texas in 1995

60% of men were killed by someone they knew. In 38% of cases it was
their wives that killed them.

85% of women were killed by someone they knew. In 45% of cases it was
their husbands that killed them.

The headline that results:

"45% of Murdered Women Killed by Husbands"

Even when they manage to get the statistics right,
the anti-male bias is evident.