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10. Check the Data: It’s a Man’s World

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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Is the Sting Vest Right for You?

The global health work force is about 70 % female. Since guns are relatively rare in the u k, police wear stab vests instead of bullet proof vests. Women's shoulders being generally smaller, leaving your very important arteries exposed. So you have this protective equipment designed mainly to fit men for a work force that is mainly female.

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