21.   But women are gaining on them fast.

22.   But women are gaining fast on men in unanticipated venues.

23.   For all the machismo in Latin America, women there have gained substantially more rights and better treatment than women in the rest of the developing world.

24.   In assuming the role of caretaker, these women have gained a sense of power over their own lives, too.

25.   In purely economic terms, it is not clear whether the average woman leaving welfare is gaining ground.

26.   Indeed, in purely economic terms, it is not clear whether the average woman leaving welfare is gaining ground.

27.   Once women gain confidence, self-fulfillment from a job well done is icing on the cake.

28.   One explanation for the dramatic increase is that as Mexican women gain independence, they report abuse more often.

29.   Out of this encounter, the two women will gain a kind of hope for themselves and, more importantly, for Rebecca.

30.   Over the past couple of decades, women have gained much ground in the battle between the sexes.