Book: Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It Annabelle Williams

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This new book sounds really interesting

www.penguin.co.uk/books/316/316092/why-women-are-poorer-than-men-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/9780241433164.html

Here are some quotes from the Penguin website:

“ Did you know . . .

· The NHS spends more on Viagra than helping single mother families eat healthily

· Female entrepreneurs only receive 1p in every £1 of funding given to start-up businesses

· Women are the majority of the elderly poor

· There are more men called Dave running the UK's top 100 companies than there are women altogether

· Women do 60% more unpaid work than men”

I heard the author speaking on this podcast and some of the thing she had to say were surprising: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-business/id121273854?i=1000510879085

Thanks OP will change this out. I'm sure it will make for depressing reading though!

I was taken aback by the Viagra v Healthy Start expenditure so went to search for more information. I shouldn't have been surprised that #2 in the search engine ranking was this but I am disappointed.

Alt text for 2nd entry of search engine returns for search string, "NHS spends more on Viagra than helping single mother families eat healthily":

Give more Viagra on the NHS say Doctors
Access to Viagra on the NHS should be increased to counter the trade in fake medicines, doctors’ leaders say.The British Medical Association has urged the Government to review who is eligible