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A very high number of women have started to freeze their eggs as they are unable to find an equally intelligent partner.

In a study by researchers at Yale University, it found that fewer men are entering higher education, and therefore, educated women are finding it difficult to find their perfect partner.

According to The Independent, there is an "over-supply" of highly educated females, and the intelligence gap between men and women is becoming wider.

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The study examined 150 women in the US and Israel, who have had their eggs frozen throughout eight clinics.

90 per cent of them said that they were "preserving" their eggs because they have not found a partner yet.

81 per cent of the women said they have a college degree.

Author of the study, Professor of Anthropology Marcia Ihorn, said: "There is a major gap – they are literally missing men.

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"There are not enough college graduates for them. In simple terms, this is about an over-supply of educated women."

To further that, a fertility doctor who took part in the study explained: "[Straight] women tell us frequently that they are freezing their eggs because the men they meet feel threatened by their success and so are unwilling to commit to starting a family together."

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As if we didn't know it already, woman are the stronger sex.

There has been a long standing myth that women are weaker than men, and it has been brought up time and time again throughout history.

However, according to research, women have a stronger chance of survival and we're born with it.

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Steve Austad, an international ageing expert at the University of Alabama, spent two years studying why women live longer than men.

He found that no matter where you are in the world, women generally live about five to six years longer than their male counterparts.

Steven believes females are more "robust. Pretty much at every age, women seem to survive better than men."

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In his study, the researcher noted that from a 2010 study, women were less likely to die from 12-15 causes, which include cancer and heart disease.

The only exception was Alzheimer's disease, which women are more likely to pass away from.

Steven said: "Once I started investigating, I found that women had resistance to almost all the major causes of death."

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Kathryn Sandberg, director of the Centre for the Study of Sex Differences in Health, Ageing and Disease at Georgetown University explained: "If you look across all the different types of infections, women have a more robust immune response.

"If there's a really bad infection, they survive better. If it's about the duration of the infection, women will respond faster."

Weak, my a**.

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Women in the workplace have come on leaps and bounds in the past few decades, and although there are still some glaring equality issues like the gender pay gap, there are plenty of women who are now earning more than their romantic partners.

However, it seems that the role of breadwinner is somewhat conflicting to some women.

According to a new report by Refinery29, some women report feeling 'ashamed' of out-earning their partners.

Refinery did some research, and discovered that the feelings of millennial high-earners are quite negative.

When women were asked how they would feel if they knew that they would be the eternal breadwinner in the relationship, the terms 'tired,' 'exhausted' and 'resentful' were commonplace.

Plus, the research found that because women are expected to pick up more of the household chores when they return home from work thanks to stereotypical gender roles, things like the added stresses of housework and childcare led to even more issues.

'It initially made me feel ashamed, like I was settling or it meant that I wasn't attractive enough, good enough,' one woman told Refinery29.

'There was a lot of internalised misogyny about how attractive or sexy women should be with 'successful' men.'

There was also the underlying conflict that perhaps some partners may feel emasculated by their high-earning partners, which in this day and age really shouldn't be an issue.

No matter who brings home the dough, no one should be made to feel any more or less of a contributor to the relationship no matter how much they earn. 

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Last Friday, a group of female athletes were told at the very last minute that they could not take part in the Tehran marathon.

160 women registered to compete in the 26 mile race, however, after receiving an email three weeks before the event was due to take place, many were left concerned as to the likelihood of their participation.

The female participants were informed that they would not be taking part, as men and women cannot participate in sports together in Iran.

Race organisers continued to provide participants with confusing updates and rule changes up to two days before the race, leaving many of the female runners unsure if they would be taking part.

On the morning of the race, it finally emerged that female participants could take part in a 10- kilometre run, but not the half or full marathon.

Those runners who still wished to complete the full distance had to do so on an indoor sports track.

Speaking to The Independent, professional runner, Manal Adel Rostom, told how she was turned away the day before the event after trying to collect her runner's bib, leaving her to believe her €125 race entry fee had been completely wasted.

“It was totally chaotic, even the runners' numbers had been mixed up. I was arguing and arguing with the registration guy because I came all the way from Dubai for a marathon, not a 10K.”

Many runners travelled long distances to take part in the race and so, not satisfied with the abrupt rule change, a group of 12 Iranian and international female entrants decided to run their own secret marathon.

The ladies ran in 700 metre loops around Beheshte Madaran park, for 32 kilometres before joining the official women's 10K race at 4pm.  

Karin Brogtrop, a Dutch runner involved in the secret race described the experience.

“It was a really lovely experience. It was a women’s park but it was family day, so there were men there too. People kept offering us tea or running alongside us,” Ms Brogtrop said. “We had fun. I was happy with it.” 

Many of the female runners in the official 10K carried bibs and banners saying ‘See you next year, 42K.’

G'wan ladies! 

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With a match against Slovakia scheduled for Monday night, Ireland’s senior women’s football team would normally have spent this week focusing on game tactics and strategies. 

However, preparations came to a halt on Wednesday as the ladies entered into talks with the FAI.

Earlier this week, the squad held a press conference where they highlighted numerous issues and a general lack of professionalism in the national program. 

Proper training gear, gym membership and qualification bonuses were just some of the concerns the team wanted to address and it now seems the ladies have managed to strike a deal after nine hours of talks. 

16 players, three PFAI representatives, two SIPTU officials, and PFAI General Secretary, Stephen McGuinness, consulted with the representatives from the FAI via a mediator in a Dublin hotel on Wednesday night. 

The lengthy talks proved successful for the squad with a financial package, estimated to be in the region of €100,000, agreed upon.

According to The Irish Examiner, the payment of a €300 match fee, additional win and draw bonuses, compensation for loss of earnings and appropriate tracksuits were among the some of the issues addressed in the comprehensive deal.

In a statement, SIPTU’s Ethel Buckley, hailed the victory as a “landmark agreement [which] was only possible due to the organisation, bravery and commitment of the national team players.’’

She also spoke about what the result meant for gender inequalities in Ireland: “I think this dispute is bigger than football… I think it touched something in the country, even among people who have no interest in football, because it spoke so much to gender relations in the country right now.''

''And it was striking that it was out of football, something which has traditionally been seen as quite a male bastion, that this push came for women’s rights generally.”

Ireland's ladies were back in business last night, and preparations are in full swing for their clash with Slovakia on Monday.

G'wan girls!

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Women are better multi-taskers than men. We've been told by our male counterparts for years that this is just a myth, but now, there's some science to back it up.

According to a research piece in the Royal Society Open Science, female sex hormones define a woman's ability to do various tasks at once.

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The researchers asked 83 people to participate in the study who were then required to walk on a treadmill while performing a number of cognitive tasks in order to test the left side of the brain.

The findings saw that men and menopausal women were less able to carry out the tasks at hand while simultaneously walking on the treadmill.

However, younger, pre-menopausal woman could carry the tasks out sufficiently.

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"Women under 60 are surprisingly resistant to this effect," the researchers wrote. "Overcoming this interference appears to be a trait unique to younger females and implies significant gender differences at the top of the hierarchical chain of locomotor control," scientist Tim Killeen told The Telegraph.

"Whether this finding is generalisable to other examples of multitasking, such as driving and talking, walking and texting is speculative," he added.

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Jodie Marsh is done with MEN.

The former model has revealed that after her last divorce, she not only never wants to date guys again, she never wants to marry again either.

Jodie ended her marriage to James Placido after only eight months last year, and as far as we know, it was messy.

 

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While she hasn't given details of the break-up yet, she did indicate in a previous interview that the police had to get involved.

And when it comes to moving on, Jodie believes she'll never fall into the marriage trap again.

 

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"I'm not against having another relationship, but at the moment the people I fancy are women and I am only sexually attracted to women," she told the Daily Star.

"I will never get married again. It was the worst mistake of my life," she added.

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A French teenager has kicked off a new Twitter trend which supports women who choose not to remove their body hair after she was teased at school for not shaving.

According to the Mail Online, 16-year-old Adele Labo started the hashtag #LesPrincessesOntDesPoils – which means “Princesses have hair” – to show women that the removal of underarm, leg and facial hair should be viewed as a choice rather than a necessity.

Since the tag first emerged, it has been used over 25,000 times on Twitter as women take to social media to share pictures of their hair.

 

In a video shared by AJ+, the Lille teen said: “I created the hashtag to encourage people to post about their body hair and relax, be comfortable with their own body.”

“And I wanted women in general to not feel obliged to shave their hair but to feel that they have a choice.”

“In society, the woman has to be shaved, soft, beautiful.  We ask the woman to be natural and herself but we impose a lot of stigma on [hair] and it bothers me.”

 

Adele was keen to stress that the movement is about acknowledging that the removal of body hair should be viewed as a personal choice rather than some form of social obligation and said she is not implying that all women should stop shaving and waxing in favour of a more natural look.

She said: “[Remove your hair] if you really want to.  But if you feel obliged to do it, don’t.”

“The movement is not at all to prevent women from [shaving].  It’s really to tell women they have the choice.  They shouldn’t feel forced.”

 

“They shouldn’t feel dirty or ashamed for not doing it because it is normal.”

The tag has launched quite the debate online with some Twitter users saying they wish they'd had Adele’s courage when they were a teen, while others have described the trend as “disgusting and foolish”.

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Hollywood has long been criticised for its portrayal of the ‘ideal’ woman and it seems even those inside the movie industry are fed up with this image.

Among those calling for the ‘average’ woman to be represented in film is actress Melissa McCarthy.

The Bridesmaids star recently told the Daily Mail that “for so long, we weren't showing real women” on screen and instead were limiting the female ideal to the picture perfect model.

She said: “We were showing perfect women – they wore the perfect thing, they never got upset.  I don't know any of those women.”

“I know women and men that are every colour and mood and emotion.  Don't be surprised when you see interesting, multi-dimensional women.”

“That's the goal.  We're not supposed to be perfect; we are supposed to be real."

The American comedian explained that she finds “flawed” women to be powerful on-screen because they better mirror the woman we encounter in everyday life.

 

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She said: “I think it's always incredibly powerful when we see, in films and in art, the women that we are surrounded by.  I am surrounded by strong, flawed, funny, heroic, crazy, loving women.”

Melissa’s comments were supported by her Ghostbusters director Paul Feig who told Today online: “I think ladies make really good ghostbusters.  They are able to think on their feet, very nimble out there, able to do the action, able to fight, but also to be smart and use psychology to get around them.”

 

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It's all about girl power these days and we are loving it.

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It’s International Women’s Day today, and what better time to celebrate being a woman?

Instead of focusing on the negatives of inequality and gender imbalance, we wanted to take today to focus on all the positives that come with being a woman.

Here are a few that came to mind…

We’re better learners
Women tend to have a better approach to expanding our minds. Research shows we’re also more flexible, attentive and organised, which all make for better learning abilities. This makes sense when you consider that girlsachieve better grades in all subjects all over the world according to a global meta-analysis by the American Psychological Association. Which brings us to our next point…

 

We’re more likely to graduate
In recent years, the gender balance in third-level education has shifted. As of 2013, over half of women aged 25-34 had a third-level degree, compared to just over 40% of their male counterparts. We’ve come a long way from not even being allowed to attend third-level education. The first female college students in Ireland weren’t admitted until 1885, and the first female professor was appointed just over 100 years ago, in 1910.

 

We have stronger immune systems
We can thank our oestrogen for this one. The mostly female hormone is said to confront a particular enzyme that hinders our body’s first line of defence against infections and viruses. With our hormones protecting our own defences, we’re free to recover from sickness much more quickly.

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We’re less impulsive (yes, that’s a good thing)
Aside from the obvious testosterone levels, which tend to make men more aggressive and impulsive, women’s secret weapon of oestrogen, once again, protects us from making rash decisions. Well, unless shoes/chocolate/50% off sales are involved…

 

We’re better in job interviews
Sometimes it can feel like women suffer at the hands of inequality when it comes to jobs, interviews and the career ladder in general. However, research shows that women actually fare better in job interviews than men, as well as being able to handle the stress that comes along with it. Speaking of women in jobs, an Ibec report released today shows that companies that have proper gender balance are more profitable. Ka-ching.

 

We’re brilliant communicators
This one probably comes as no surprise, especially when you consider that women speak a lot more than men in general. Studies have shown that women say an average of 20,000 words per day – that’s more than double the amount that men say.

 

It’s true – women really ARE better at multi-tasking
Women have been shown to have stronger memory systems and better concentration than men, meaning we can handle more than one task at once. If you’re reading this while simultaneously planning Saturday’s night out in your WhatsApp group, thinking about what to make for dinner and fending off emails from your boss, you’ll know what we’re talking about.

 

We get genuine pleasure from chocolate
Okay, not always a good thing when you’re hoping to drop five pounds by the summer, but just take a minute to appreciate what it must be like to get no comfort or pleasure from a piece of chocolate. Think about all those bad days or sluggish afternoons in work, or even a bad breakup, when some of the best comfort came from a massive bar of Cadbury. Women’s serotonin levels are higher and more sensitive than men’s, meaning we genuinely feel a heightened sense of warmth, calmness and comfort when indulging in chocolate. This pleasure doesn’t tend to come for men. 

 

And the big one – we live longer
According to a New England Centenarian Study, 85% of those over the age of 100 in the world are women. In general, women tend to live 5-10 years longer than men. Sorry, lads.

Jenny Darmody blogs at LifeStyleSmile, where a longer version of this article first appeared.

Created by sisters Claire and Jenny, LifeStyleSmile is a little bit of everything: beauty, fashion, TV, movies, books, baking – and all things funny and random too.

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We're not sure if this guy wants to cause controversy or whether he thought it would be 'OK' to write something like this, but it's sure to cause women everywhere outrage.

A disgruntled man decided to write a post on Facebook, describing how women look "horrible" after a night out when their make-up comes off.

Of course, his views are absolutely outrageous, and maaaany people have commented on the post since.

Here's what that man had to say:

Blood boiling with anger? Yes, us too.

And here's what some of his 'friends' on Facebook had to reply:

We hope he thinks twice before sharing his views next time.

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We can't say that we jumped for joy when it was revealed that in Ireland, for every €100 a man earns, a woman earns a more modest €87. 

After all, €13 can go a long way when you need it to.

However, on closer inspection, we don't have it as bad as most. In fact, Ireland ranks among the top five most equal nations in the world – being beaten only by Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden. 

At the other end of the scale, Yemen, Pakistan and Syria are the world's most gender divided nations.

The UK is ranked 18th, while American makes it to number 28.

So what makes our Emerald Isle so great for the gals? Well, in Ireland, 55 percent of our university graduates are female.

And a third of senior officials, managers and legislators are women; only Colombia, Fiji and the Philippines perform better in that sphere. 

However, in political circles we let ourselves down: a limp 29 percent of government ministers are female.

Created by the BBC and available online here, the How Equal Are You calculator has been released to mark the #100Women campaign, which kicked-off yesterday and runs until December 2.

The World Economic Forum believes it will take another 118 years – or until 2133 – until the global pay gap between men and women is finally closed.

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