At the end of last year the site highlighted the hypocrisy of the feminist movement in complaining about bringing the equalisation of the pension age for men and women forward to 2018. Equality does not mean equality if changes effect women more than men is their mantra.
It had all gone quiet but now the tanks are on the move as the legislation comes soon.
Ros Altmann, the director general of the 50+ Saga group goes on the offensive (literally) in the Telegraph. She said the 'changes are discriminatory' and affect 500,000 women. The Guardian reports that a campaign is brewing and reports further today that the campaign has been launched by Unions Together with their Hands off our Pensions campaign. Linda Murray has started a petition.
It is hard sometimes in writing for the blog not to become angry about the sexism and the sexist attitudes toward men and pleas for special treatment for women in areas like this.
Altmann forgets that for 70 years millions of men have been discriminated against because the state retirement age has been later than women's and they live shorter lives. Where is her complaint there, where was she and Saga campaigning for the equality of pension ages on behalf of their male members. As for the male members of Unions Together - what do they think?
Analysis from the Men's Network showed that men live 13 years in retirement whilst women enjoy 20 years. No mention from Saga and Unions Together on that point?
Equality means equality and men have been the most discriminated group when it comes to state pension age. For anyone to claim otherwise shows they have no sense or belief in what equality really means. They purposely only have one eye open.
The government has to stick to its guns if it believes in equality.
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Posted by: John Kimble | Wednesday, 09 February 2011 at 23:38
Thanks for the link and for continuing to highlight these issues
Glen
The Men's Network
Posted by: Glen | Thursday, 10 February 2011 at 09:29
email sent to Ros of SAGA. let's see what she has to say.
WRITE to these people, is my recommendation.
make your voice heard.
Posted by: Jon | Friday, 11 February 2011 at 00:29
Well it seems the 30% club means the propotion of tax paid by women. Seems the welfare state is over 70% funded by men. Yet we know, cause the Fawcet brigade keep telling us, that the main recipients of tax payer largesse are women. Generous lot us lads.
http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/government-tyranny/he-who-pays-the-piper-calls-the-tune-or-does-he/
Posted by: Groan | Wednesday, 13 March 2013 at 21:33