1. African Goddess Barbie

2. The Distribution of Aggressiveness Among Men and Women

3. The “White Rock Girl”

4. Percent of Adults Who Were Obese, Selected Countries, 1998-2000
Note: Obese adults have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher (BMI = weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters).

5. Body Dissatisfaction, North America, 1972-97 (in percent, n=4,000)
Percent dissatisfied
Sex / Body Part

6. Defining “Gay,” USA, 1992, and Toronto, 1999
MEN WOMEN
2.8% Identified themselves as homosexual or bisexual %
6.1% TORONTO,
3.4% Had sex with person of same sex in past 12 months 0.6%
5.3% Had sex with person of same sex at least once %
since puberty
7.7% Felt desire for sex with person of same sex %
10.1% Total reporting some same-sex desires or %
experiences
Source: E. O. Laumann et al. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994) p. 40; Robert T. Michael et al. Sex in America: A Definitive Survey (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994) p. 35.
Note: n=3,432.

7. Attitudes Toward Homosexuality, Canada, 1975-2000 (in %)
Percent who think homosexuality is not wrong at all
Percent who think homosexuals are entitled
to the same rights as other Canadians
Year
Year