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17 places lower than we did in 1960 and we're now behind cuba, the czech republic and hungary and we're tied with poland and slovakia. while 163 other countries on the planet, offered paid maternity leave, and 45 provide paid paternity leave, the united states does not. unpaid leave, if you can get that, is the best we do. the majority of poor people in the united states are women. and the gap in poverty rates between men and women is wider in america than anywhere else in the western world. but all of these issues and facts remain erased in the country's news media. katie couric and diane sawyer aside. in 2006 of the 35 hosts or co-hosts of prime time cable news shows, 29 are men. on the sunday talk shows, men outnumber women by 4-1. home wood is still very much run by men. we all applauded katherine big