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The 22 Richest Men in the World Have More Wealth than All the Women in Africa
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what is this measurement?
this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2026
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Anything but the metric system
Manufactured sexism. Because there's not enough of that to be found among the Western elite, amirite?
A reach for a new way to say what we all already know?
I was meaning like using a continent's net wealth owned by women as a unit of measurement. it was funny to me, like americans measuring things like football fields to show size
Football fields actually make sense as a unit of measurement though. Unlike a lot of sports fields or arenas, American football fields have a very specific length and width: including end zones 360 feet long by 160 feet wide, approx 1.3 acres.
Furthermore, practically every American has hands-on experience with a football field. Almost every high school in America has one or has the use of a nearby one, some schools in inner cities might share. My high school had three, the stadium, the practice field, and the marching band practice grid painted on the student parking lot. Every student to attend the school spent at least some time on that field, for one that was the only venue on campus big enough to host the graduation ceremony. Several phys ed classes along with after school sports took place out there, as a band geek I spent entire weeks of my life on a football field.
So when you say to an American a field is 5 acres, unless they own significant parcels of land they can't really picture that, but tell them it's the size of 4 football fields they can pretty accurately picture that.
Are women in Africa particularly rich as to be used for comparison? Or is this just weird engagement bait?
You know it
weird flex but ok
Goddamn - Americans really will use any other measure besides metric, ‘ey?
Betcha the richest women do too
neither the article nor the article's source say what the number for "total wealth held by African women" actually is, so I can't be sure, but here's the wealth of
- the 22 richest men: 3.7 trillion US dollars
- the 22 richest women: 708 billion USD
Wow that's pretty close
Downvoted simply because it’s Substack. I don’t trust shit on that website.
I've lived in my house longer than all the women in Africa.
What's your point? What about african men? Compare to all african men and the richest. At that point also compare the richest women in africa too. Also let us know how you even obtained these numbers...
How many women in Africa do the 22 richest women in the world have more than?
That's legitimately a lot, considering the matriarchal societies
How old is this pic? Michael J is looking GREAT! Good for him!
That’s Jeff Bezo’s wife.