Welcome to an unmanned world....
In the summer of 2002, a plague of unknown origin destroyed every last sperm, fetus, and fully developed mammal with a Y chromosome (with the apparent exception of one young man and his male pet).
This "gendercide" instantaneously exterminated 48% of the global population, or approximately 29 billion men. 495 of the Fortune 500 CEOs are now dead, as are 99% of the world's landowners.
In the United States alone, more than 95% of all commercial pilots, truck drivers, and ship captains died...as did 92% of violent felons.
Internationally, 99% of all mechanics, electricians, and construction workers are now deceased...though 51% of the planet's agricultural labor force is still alive.
14 nations, including Spain and Germany, bave women soldiers who have served in ground combat units. None of the US's nearly 200,000 female troops have ever participated in ground combat. Australia, Norway, and Sweden are the only contries that have women serving on board submarines.
In Israel, all women between the ages of 18 and 26 have performed compulsory military service in the IDF for at least one year and nine months. Before the Plague, at least thress Palestinian suicide bomers had been women.
Worldwide, 85% of all government representatives are now dead...as are 100% of Catholic priests, Muslim imams, and Orthodox Jewish rabbis.
passage from Y: The Last Man issue #1
Published by DC Comics/Vertigo
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