CALLING ALL DISCRIMINATED MEN - RESPOND TO THE EQUALITIES COMMISSION CONSULTATION

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission, one of the many organisations that says it believes in equality so long as that does not include men, is calling for evidence in its triennial review.

Not only can you fill in a questionnaire, there is the opportunity to have a face to face conversation with the Commission.

I would urge any readers to reply, I may just send them the link to this web-site...

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/23/men-students-support-groups-universities

A story about some rather inoffensive men who seem to cause a fuss simply by having a men's society.

Olivia Bailey, NUS national women's officer, said: "Discrimination against men on the basis of gender is so unusual as to be non-existent, so what exactly will a men's society do?"

Go on ruffle Olivia's pomposity and send examples to the EHRC.

[Groan]

At least the men of Finland use their Equality Body come in British men complain! Make the EHRC earn its £70million p.a.

"A recent doctoral dissertation, inspected at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, shows that
Finnish men face gender discrimination both in working life and outside of it. The study examined a total
of 800 complaints addressed to the Finnish ombudsman for equality during the years 1997–2004 and a
number of statistics concerning the gender equality situation. The study revealed that in 33 per cent of
the cases, the discrimination was targeted against male employees, customers, or citizens. In many
contexts, men were in the majority as targets of discrimination.
“In the female-dominated social services and healthcare organizations the probability of male
employees to face gender discrimination at work seems to be 3–9 times higher than that of their female
colleagues,” notes Malmi.
Another context in which men seem to be in a weaker position than women is the treatment of
customers by public and private organizations. In this setting, 60 per cent of the complaints were filed
by men. The study did not find any indication that men would complain more easily than women.
“The most typical example of the discriminative treatment of male customers is the special discounts
and advantages that companies offer for women only,” says Malmi.
In the statistical part of his study, Licentiate Pasi Malmi shows that according to gendered statistics, the
role expectations that pressure men to be successful breadwinners are a likely cause for structural
discrimination.
“During each recession in Finnish history, the suicide rate of men has become five times higher than that
of women. This seems to correspond with structural discrimination, which is related to gendered
problems caused by role expectations and culture.”
Despite these findings, the official gender equality discourse in Finland does not recognize such a
phenomenon as gender discrimination against men.
“Gender equality has been initiated by the feminist movement."