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Huzzah. We're supposed to feel empowered by becoming a new mass consumption item. The problem is -- dominant women aren't empowered by being consumed. We're empowered by consuming, and until just as many taxicabs are covered with pictures of pliant, pretty young decorated men, I will remain skeptical of claims that the world is designed to the advantage of the straight or bisexual dominant woman. Being bought and paid for is not empowering to the woman with the dominant mindset. We are empowered by buying and paying, metaphorically speaking.

Women cleverer than men

BBC News

Wednesday, 8 December, 2004

Women are brighter than men, according to the Labour chairman of the Commons education committee.

Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman said there was a "danger" of being obsessed about how boys were doing at school.

His comments followed a committee discussion about whether girls or boys found it easier to learn to read.

"My own personal view is that women are brighter than men," the MP said, adding that women now earned on average more than men as middle managers.

He said: "We should celebrate this, shouldn't we? The brightest kids are coming through and they happen to be women."

In recent years girls have consistently outperformed boys at all levels of the education system.

The "gender gap" at GCSE level in England, Wales and Northern Ireland this year was 5.3 percentage points at grades A* and A and by 8.4 points at grades C and above in girls' favour.