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/^t/Another thing that makes some people 'more equal' is their sex. No doubts, women are at a disadvantage. Not only are they treated as less valuable members of society by some men, but also, in the most extreme cases, they are denied any rights. In Muslim countries, for example, women have no right to vote, no right to any possessions, and, as a matter of fact, they are treated no better than domestic animals or slaves of their fathers or husbands. However, even in the countries where they apparently have the same rights as men, women are much 'less equal'. They rarely get the most prestigious jobs, and even if they do, they are paid much less then men. In Poland, for example, woman' s earnings are by 30% lower than those of a man in the same position. What is more, women are treated by many people as less intelligent than men, and their success is often belittled. Women themselves are also not taken seriously. Their ambitions and their jobs are very often treated as the whims of bored ladies, who just do not know what to do with their time. What is more, although women in Poland, for example, are on average better educated than men, they have more difficulties with getting a job. The above examples show clearly that the theory of equality has not really worked in practice.