A team of researchers from the University of Missouri and the University of Essex have produced a new way of measuring the relative well-being of both sexes (yes, only two, according to these academic dinosaurs), called the Basic Index of Gender Inequality (BIGI). The results are surprising – and will, no doubt, prove controversial:

In 91 (68%) of the 131 countries, men were on average more disadvantaged than women, and in the other 43 (32%) countries, women were more disadvantaged than men…

We found that low levels of human development are typically associated with disadvantages for girls and women, while medium and high levels of...