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Furthermore I dislike the prostituting of women (the male nudes were far less sexualized) for a “good cause”.

This post is split into the following categories:

Equality and Inequality

Girls are better than boys at Maths and Science

Table 3.12 Pupils reaching or exceeding expected standards through teacher assessment: by Key Stage and sex (page 38 )

At all ages males commit more crimes than females.

Crimes committed by age and gender

Figure 9.12 Offenders as a percentage of the population: by sex and age, 2006 (page 129)

Social Myths

Only 42% of Burglaries result in loss

Also, only 57% of burglaries involve entry.
Table 9.3 Domestic burglary: by type (page 124)

Only 29% of phone thefts happen when carried by its owner

Figure 9.4 Mobile phone theft: by circumstance of how the phone was stolen, 2005/06 (page 124)

Young girls are more promiscuous then young men (16-19)

No. of sexual partners by gender (16-19 years)

Table 7.19 Number of sexual partners in the previous year: by sex and age, 2006/07 (page 104)

More new HIV diagnosis is due to heterosexual sex

Nearly double the amount of new HIV diagnosis were the result of heterosexual sex, than homosexual sex; also Heterosexual sex caused 25 times more infections than injecting drug use. Note, this is per thousand and not a percentage of each group.

New Diagnosis of HIV

Figure 7.22 New HIV diagnoses: by year and route of transmission (page 106)

Only half of people summoned actually serve Jury duty

Table 9.21 Jury summons for Crown and Civil Courts (page 134)

Safer to be a cyclist than a pedestrian

Cycling is the third most lethal form of transport, after walking and motorcycling.
Table 12.18 Passenger death rates: by mode of transport (page 173)

Social Questions

Suicide rates for women(44+) drop by 2/3ds between 1980 and 2000, while men(25-44) double from 1980 to 2000

Figure 7.18 Suicide rates: by sex and age (page 103)

More likely to be beaten up by acquaintance than violently mugged

Figure 9.5 Violent crimes: by type (page 125)

Reoffending rate of 82% for theft from vehicles – is prison the solution?

Figure 9.18 Prisoners reconvicted within two years: by offence category (page 132)

A little surprising…

Nearly half of people ‘don’t have good enough health’ to play sport

This strikes me as a surprising reason to provide for not playing sport, which presumably improves health?
Figure 13.13 Main reason for non-participation in an active sport, 2005/06 (page 186)

Domestic energy consumption is higher for water than for lighting, appliances and cooking combined

Domestic Energy Consumption

Figure 11.10 Domestic energy consumption: by final use (page 156)