Imbalanced issues

This section looks at issues where an imbalance has developed in UK society which would benefit from parliamentary action.

Area	Detail
Sexual harassment	Most unwanted sexual attention, harassment etc affects women.
Domestic violence	2 out of 3 incidents of domestic violence are against women.
Employment opportunities	Boards of large companies and parliament are still dominated by men.

Area	Detail
Achievement in school	Girls out-perform boys at GCSE. in 2018 62% of boys and 71% of girls achieved 5 A*-C grades. ¹
Access to higher education	Over 55% of undergraduates are female.
Employment opportunities	Entry to nearly every profession is now dominated by women. Exceptions: TEM – technology, engineering and maths.
Subsidy for access to gender-imbalanced employment	Large grants available to women in STEM etc. None available to men in primary school teaching, nursing etc.
Portrayal in advertising	The person portrayed as the ‘idiot’ is almost always a man. The sensible person (who bought the product) is usually a woman.
Homelessness	85% of rough sleepers are male.
Parental access to children after separation	90% of parents not living with their children are male.
Valuing of deaths in the media	The concern expressed in the media for female deaths is many times greater than if the victim is male.
Suicide	3 out of every 4 suicides is male. ²
Alcohol-related deaths	2 out of 3 are male ³
Military maiming and deaths	97% of military casualties are male
Industrial accidents	95% of industrial accidents are to men.⁴

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We are not aiming to give a comprehensive, detailed account of the imbalances here, simply some headlines which illustrate the imbalance.