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I always like to correct media headlines that contain false premises with more accurate alternatives. This one stood out as a prime candidate, and also an opportunity for me to get in trouble*: “Study: Women lawmakers outperform men.”

Are women more effective lawmakers than men?

That’s the preliminary conclusion of a study conducted by researchers at Stanford University and the University of Chicago, who say that on average, women in Congress introduce more bills, attract more co-sponsors and bring home more money for their districts than their male counterparts do.

My alternatives:

1. Study: Women lawmakers bigger porkers
2. Study: Women lawmakers better at attracting male attention
3. Study: Women lawmakers better at spending other people’s money
4. Study: Women lawmakers know how to deliver the bacon

Of course when you start putting it like that, you realize it’s pretty much a dog bites man story.

*Hate mail is always welcome from those who lack a sense of humor.

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