Just a few from the last few weeks where there has been a fair amount of issues to cover
Daily Telegraph: Quotas won't help the battle of the sexes (Dominic Raab MP and Priti Patel MP)
Press Association: Scottish government's definition of domestic abuse should change (Prof Brian Dempsey). Also featured on Scottish TV.
Daily Telegraph: No male teachers at 4,500 primary schools (Graham Paton). Just like on this issue the governement do nothing. Other coverage - The Sun and BBC.
Daily Telegraph: A male teacher can never replace a missing father (Katherine Birbalsingh)
Daily Telegraph: Abortion reform - a modest proposal gone awry (Christine Odone). Feminism and death threats.
Scottish Government: Social attitudes survey 2010 (published Aug 2011). The Scottish government doesn't believe equality applies to men - Figure 6.1 onwards. And 79% think just interviewing a women for a job is wrong - would be great to see gender breakdown of the way different genders answered that.
BBC - Margaret Moran MP faces 21 charges. One of the old Labour Government's most prominent men-haters could go to prison - what a shame.
Posted by Skimmington
Thanks, I'd missed some of those. It's good to see MR Raab continuing to stand up and be counted.
Your description of Moran is accurate but perhaps just as interesting is the way she got into power in the first place.
She was elected via a sexist all women shortlist. 1997 was the first time these lists were used so she's actually one of the very first MPs to be selected by gender rather than by merit.
Posted by: John Kimble | Monday, 12 September 2011 at 18:00