Now that our favourite Government Minister, Harriet Harman, has got her Equalities Bill (link) up and running in the UK Parliament, the practical impact of its policy to stop men from being treated as equals in the workplace is starting to be shown.
It is not helped of course, that she is now off the leash and gone into full-on male-bashing mode. You see, she blames maleness, for the collapse of the banks and as now so many are nationalised she wants to use the pro-women laws in the Bill to, as the Daily Mail put it, 'put women in charge of the banks'. No problem in theory with having women (or anyone) in charge of banks so long as they are suitably qualified.
But Harman's Law is not about this, it is about letting someone from one gender (women) being able to leapfrog above other people (men) up the career ladder solely based on gender. Just how fair it is for a man who has dedicated himself to a career to then be denied that opportunity because he is a man? It is wrong and morally so.
Also having been found out to be misleading everyone with her previous campaign saying the recession affected the employment of women more than men, she has turned her attack more generally. She said "because women generally remained homemakers, the recession caused them to fear not only for their own jobs, but also for their husband's, for their children's futures, and for elderly relatives. We have to worry more than men and we are definitely worrying more about the recession than men are."
There is not single shred of evidence to base this on and if she thinks that men are not worried to the same extent (or more) than women then she is just wrong. Patronisingly and desperately wrong.
Harriet Harman will do anything she possible can to attack at men. Why does she dislike us so much?
Other coverage is here:- Daily Mail, This is Money, Express, Telegraph
Superb article but you've completely missed the key piece of news which proves you point better than you could ever imagine:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1180366/Men-struggle-recession-depression-twice-likely-suffer-stress-silence.html
Shows middle aged men currently are seven times more likely to have suicidal thoughts than women. Good to see MIND have exposed just how full of shit Harman really is.
Posted by: John Kimble | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 at 01:25
"It is about saying, 'because you are a woman I'm going to put you in this promotion'."
I mean no disrepsepct to my brothers across the sea, but have you lost your testicles? Why on earth do you tolerate this hatred? Are there so many ball-less men in the UK that this misandrist is permitted to be in power?
I am appalled by this. When, oh when, will your men finally start to realize what is going on there?
Posted by: Pierce Harlan | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 at 21:26