As things have been really busy the past four months or so, the next week few weeks will see interspersed with the usual commentary a list of articles on similar topics which then can be discussed.
Preferably it is better to have some commentary in the posts themselves but time is of the essence and it is better that the articles etc are shared rather than being overlooked because of time then not at all.
The first ones are on some employment related issues (not including the Equality Act which will be dealt with at a later date).
Useless Jobless Men by Camila Cavendish (The Times)
Debt - Men are emerging as the new underclass (Daily Telegraph)
Equality payout for female cleaners in Birminghamby Jamie Doward (The Observer)
The issue with the above is whether or not it also applies to male cleaners as well as female cleaners as well as other types of similar jobs wher ethe issue was apllied for females. If you remember this was an issue from last year where the sexist councils of Middlesbrough, Hartleppol and South Tyneside had to be taken to court so that men could be granted equal treatment.
South Tyneside were going to appeal. Love to find out if this decision also applied to male cleaners and whetehr South Tyneside appealed or not?
Sacked lawyer wins sex discrimination case (Yorkshire Evening Post)
Unemployment rate far higher for male graduates than female graduates (Higher Education Policy Institute) and Guardian article
Work experience at the Foreign Office? Not if you are a white middle class male by Brendan Carlin (Daily Mail)
Have we missed any employment related discrimination stories?
Posted by Skimmington
This is a very interesting article:
Useless Jobless Men by Camila Cavendish (The Times)
Someone on this site said not long ago to expect a 'useless jobless men' type message coming from the media and the government and he was right. The piece does highlight a lot though other than the usual misandry.
Even though she stops short of saying we should empower men in the family with equal custody and parents' rights. Nor does she report that men receive a far smaller proportion of benefits compared to women. Due of course to women being paid to be parents and men being excluded from this 'lifestyle choice'. She does go a long way however to actually saying things that I have never seen expressed before, such as "These men were overlooked during a decade of prosperity that did nothing to change their lives.". It is about time we saw some recognition of the hopelessness and social exclusion in the lives of men, especially young men, today.
The "useless jobless men" title is of course outrageous. I doubt they'd dare run that headline about any other group. Though the extreme headline may have been intentionally obvious; the more overt the discrimination, the more the double standard is highlighted and more it is revealed to those men who have been conditioned to accept it.
Posted by: Bob | Tuesday, 17 August 2010 at 19:19
There's also a number of Hooters' restaurants opening in Cardiff, Bristol, Brighton and in many other planned locations all over Britain which will be hiring women-only as waiting staff.
Posted by: Interested | Saturday, 21 August 2010 at 14:37