Some facts about women

• The biological sign for the female sex ♀, is also the symbol for the planet Venus.
• The average height of a woman in the United States is approximately 1.62 m (5' 4").
• The term woman is usually reserved for an female adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent.
• The Latin fēmina, whence female, is likely from the root in fellāre (to suck), referring to breastfeeding.
• Many cultures have rites of passage to symbolize a girl's coming of age, like the Quinceañera of Latin America.
• The most common cause of death for American women is heart disease.
• Gynophobia is the fear of women.
• Human women have proportionately larger breasts than any other female mammal
• Approximately twenty-five percent of all women will experience severe depression at some point in their lives.
• In almost every country worldwide, the life expectancy for women is higher than for men.
• Over ninety percent of all cases of eating disorders occur in women.
• Approximately one in 5 women worldwide reports being sexually abused before the age of 15.
• Approximately 95% of all women in the United States have been married at least once by the age of 55.
• Approximately 5.600,000 women in the United States reported themselves as stay-at-home moms.
• International Women’s Day is held each year on March 8.
• Approximately fourteen percent of active members in the U.S. armed forces today are females.
• The first country to grant women the right to vote was New Zealand in 1893.
• In both developed and developing countries, women work thirty-five hours more
• than men every week.
• Females produce 80% of the food on the planet, but receive less.
• than 10% of agricultural assistance.
• Women own approximately 1% of the world’s land.
• In early 2000, only 9 women were heads of State or Government.
• In the U.S. a woman is raped every 3 minutes.
• 66% of the world’s illiterate population are women.