The Rights Of Man

MALE EMPLOYMENT CONTINUES TO FALL - EXPOSING HARMAN AGAIN

Do you remember early this year when (not for the first time) Ms Harman was caught out peddling myths about men and the recession? Well here are some more figures to prove it.

Figures released by the Office of National Statistics yesterday show that one in six homes are now without someone of working age in employment. Delving into statistics on page 24, it can be seen that the employment rate of married/cohabitating men has fallen from 91.0% (April to June 08) to 88.8% (April to June 09) whilst the same figures for married/cohabitating women has only fallen from 71.7% to 70.7% over the same period.

Let's hope that those men and women who have lost their jobs find work soon.

If a married/cohabitating men loses his job, his wife/partner is also suffering (plus any children). This is always important to remember because the anti-male crusaders would have you believe that male suffering only affects men so that's why men do not matter. They forget that women are as equally affected.

Google News Coverage

THREE IN EVERY FOUR SUICIDES ARE MEN

Figures from the Office of National Statistics early this year showed that of the 5,377 poor people who committed suicide during 2007, 4,085 were men and 1,292 were women. It means for every four people who take their own life, three are men. Over statistics are here and here.

This sad statistic shows that the Government and health agencies need to ensure they have the support services available to help depressed men and of course women.

What is of concern is the scant attention this situation receives and the fear is that whilst the figures in 2007 were the lowest recorded (since 1991), the present recession is likely to see an increase.

Previous posts on this subject can be found here and here.

MALE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON BBC'S WOMEN'S HOUR

On Thursday, there was a debate on Radio 4's Women's Hour about male victims of domestic violence. Ian McNicholl was on as was Mark Brooks from the ManKind Initiative.

EQUALITY BILL CONSULTATION DATES

For anyone interested (we all should be!) in the travails of the Equalities Bill, the Government's Equalities Office has announced some dates for open consultation meeting.

Details available here.

Hattip - John Kimble

MALE GRADUATES SUFFERING IN RECESSION

Imagine a scenario where fewer female graduates were finding jobs in this recession than men or that fewer females were entering the professions than men. Imagine, the acres of newsprint, airtime and gnashing of teeth from Harman Towers, the Fawcett Society, the Equalities Commission and anyone else wanting to moan about discrimination.

Of course, the reality is that the opposite is happening in Britain in 2009 but the silence is deafening.

The  Higher Education Statistics Agency produced research this week that showed that one in ten men (10.3%) who graduated with a degree last year is unemployed, compared with 6.3% women. With fewer boys now going into university in the first place, this is a worrying trend partly I believe because of the collapse of the private sector (men predominate) as opposed to the continuing expansion of the public sector (female predominate). Certainly, it nails again the myth that Harman put about that women would suffer more in the recession than men.

The gender balance has been changing for years now as the education gap between boys and girls continues as now more women are entering the professions than boys (I swear there was more up-to-date research on this last week but cannot find it). No mention of this profession issue in the gender pay gap debates.

STORIES ROUND-UP

As is now becoming increasingly common, there is such a volume of stories and issues to cover it is difficult to keep up. However, please find below links to issues stories of interest that have not been covered in the last six or so weeks:-

False Accusations

There has been a deluge of false accusation coverage in the newspapers, it is concerning because the power of the false allegation is increasing all the time, to the detriment of the men falsely accused and of course, the women who are genuinely attacked:-

Basildon, Essex

Shropshire

Aberdeen

Durham

Berkshire

Thurrock, Essex

Jarrow, Durham

Advertising

Why men is ads are dumb?

British Men Make Best Husbands

Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph

Have You Turned Your Man Into a Hermaphrodite?

Judith Woods

Men Held for Playing Football With His Children

Daily Mail

President Obama

His betrayal of the working class male

TEENAGER CALLS FOR A MINISTER FOR MEN

Reece Wilkes, a teenager from North Yorkshire, has written to a number of politicians including Lords and Lady's asking for a Minister for Men, especially as there now has been a Minister for Women for 12 years.

His letter is available Download A Minister for Men ( For The Rights of Man)

It has been covered by his local newspaper, the Northern Echo.

Mark Brooks, Chairman of the ManKind Initiative charity called for a Minister for Men earlier this year. New link to previous articles on this matter here.

"TRAITOROUS" WOMEN PREFER MALE BOSSES

When Ms Harman launched her tirade  against male bosses last week, the Journal of Financial Economics published research (which you have to pay for unfortunately) by Daniel Ferreira, of the London School of Economics with Renee Adams of the University of Queensland that showed that women in boardrooms can wreck a company.

The study of 2,000 boards and as reported in the Daily Mail said that "Employing more women in the boardroom can wreak havoc on the financial performance of companies, fresh research suggests. Two academics found that female directors were more likely to 'meddle' with boards and get rid of male chief executives who are not up to the job. However, their more ruthless approach could produce unexpected results and be 'bad for a company's coffers.' "

Essentially the research was saying that women make a good impact in struggling companies but can damage those which are performing.

As readers of the site know, this is not an anti-women site, but the research is certainly an antidote to the "all men bad, all women good" approach by Harriet Harman and others like the Equalities Commission and the Fawcett Society. 

Full coverage at Google News with the Times article being a highlight.

However, the most striking research to certainly nail the lie that male bosses are worse than female bosses is from OnePoll. Their research showed that women prefer working for male bosses!

Their research showed that 2/3rds of women prefer male bosses because they are better managers and less prone to moods like women. Also they found female bosses felt threatened by other women at work.

When I heard the story today I could hear the wailing and tears from the Fawcett Society and Harman Towers at the traitorous women for suggesting they prefer male bosses.  

Seriously though, these two pieces of research are another nail in coffin of the myth that Harman and others have been peddling.

Coverage - Daily Mail

 

BANK HOLIDAY FOR WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY - 95% OF UK FATALITIES ARE MEN

When Yvette Cooper MP, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions produced, out of the blue,  a consultation suggesting that there should be a bank holiday for people who died at work on the internationally recognised Workers Memorial Day, there was a crucial issue missing.

Having examined the Health and Safety Executive's latest figures for fatalities at work (180 in 07/08) and discounting the fact that 66 were members of the public (that is, they died at a workplace but not whilst they were working at their workplace) its calculated that 110 fatalities were male and 4 female. Without going through figures again (may go boss-eyed), that makes the figures 95-96% male or in laymen's terms for every 20 workplace fatalities, 19 are men and 1 is a women.

Without wanting to be paranoid, why did the Secretary of State not mention the gender breakdown. I ma sure she would have done if it was the other way around.

Also it brings into question again all the nonsense about the gender pay gap. Part of the reason why men earn more money (not more when doing the same jobs as a woman) is because they carry out more dangerous work. Nearly all of the deaths are related to work in agriculture, manufacturing or construction where men predominate. Because of the dangerous work these men do, there is a premium vis a vis their salaries which needs to be taken into account on any debate on the gender pay gap. You never hear the Equalities Commission, Harriet Harman and the Fawcett Society talk about that or putting that into context.

Media Coverage - Google News (the general consensus was negative especially as if there was another bank holiday, it should rightly be on Armistice Day)