Just before Christmas, one of our regular readers ('Groan') kindly pointed out the findings of the 2009-10 Citizenship Survey which had been sneaked out in the week before Christmas. Produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government, the 123 page report was entitled "Race, Religion and Equalities."
Paragraph 5.57 states "one per cent of people who had looked for work cited gender as a reason for being discriminated against when refused a job; and two per cent of employees cited gender as a factor in being discriminated against regarding a promotion.
"Males and females were equally likely to cite gender as a reason for discrimination in relation to being refused a job (in both cases 1%), while female employees were slightly more likely than male employees to cite gender as a reason for discrimination regarding promotion (2% of females compared with 1% of males)"
The key statitistics from this show three things.
Promotion - boardroom discrimination
Firstly, the anti-male Marxists feminists who bitterly complain against discrimination against women from the gender pay gap to promotion to boards and such like are out of step with what women actually think. Only 2% of women believe they are denied a promotion (1% men) because of their gender and 1% refused for a job because of their gender.
Organisations like the 30% Club, Fawcett Society, Lynne Featherstone MP, and all the others are wrong when they say it is a disgrace that women are being discriminated against because women themselves do not believe so.
This organisations live in a fantasy world of male hatred where white fat upper middle class men are keeping the 'sisters' in the kitchen and on the shop floor. Women disagree with the 30% Club, Featherstone and everyone else who says it is a scandal.
These groups do not speak for women, they speak for female privilige for (upper) middle class women at the expense of men.
Equality Act
We know the Conservative Government had initial reservations about sections 158 and 159 of the Equality Act (2010) which allows employers to discriminate against people when it comes to training, filling jobs and promotions, however, they ended up putting it into law on 1 April 2011.
It means that while 1% of men and 2% of women claim they are being denied a promotion because of their gender, I would expect this to be reversed over the next five years and that there be a clear gap emerging and perhaps 5% of men claiming they are being denied a promotion because of their gender.
This will not only affect those men themselves but will also affect their wives/girlfriends, daughters, mothers etc, so this discriminations affects women as much as it does the individual man.
Sample Size
Following on from the above, the numbers of 1% and 2% are very small and could be classed as insignificant. Perhaps a lot of that is down to the fact there still remains broadly a gender split in the work roles that men and women undertake. Without wanting to be too broadbrush about it but it is hard for a male car mechanic to say he is being denied a promotion because he is a man when there are so few female mechanics. Likewise, a female primary school teacher may not be able to say she has been denied a promotion when there are so few male primary school teachers.
It means that while the figure on paper looks small, it's signifcance should not be under-estimated.
In conclusion, this report undermines those anti-male Marxist feminists who with every breath they take say that women are discriminated in the workplace, when women themselves say they are not. Secondly, the Equality Act 2010, will I predict, see a gap created where more men feel discrimated than women in work.
It is shame this report was buried but it is essential research nonetheless (thank you to 'Groan' for highlighting it).
Posted by Skimmington
A great post. It reinforced yet again that what drives the feminists is more than special treatment for women, it's special treatment for themselves as a group.
Dr Catherine Hakim, the highly regarded sociologist formerly with the LSE and now with the CPS, put forward her 'Preference Theory' in 2000, estimating that only 14% of women were 'work-centred'. Often childless women, their career was the most important thing in these women's lives. Swayne O'Pie in 'Why Britain Hates Men' points out that feminists are concentrated in this 14%.
So, all the assaults (on men, women, the family, the legal system, academia, business, the media, and much else) are done to serve the interests of 14% of women, or 7% of the population. If this is democracy, then I'm a jam doughnut.
On a more positive note, it's great to see so much going on to raise public consciousness about the manipulations of feminists. I predict 2012 will see a major rise in the public's appreciation of the damage being wrought by these damnable women - and the small number of equally damnable men, too. On the latter subject I recommend Dick Masterson's section on male feminists ('manginas') in his book 'Men are Better Than Women'. Very funny.
Have a great week!
Mike Buchanan
Posted by: Mike Buchanan | Monday, 30 January 2012 at 08:19
Yes, I agree Mike - that 2012 will start to see the media focus on issues that I (and I'm sure you guys) first recognised probably 20 years ago! I can remember moaning back then about how young females were supported by the Government what with the outrageous benefits system, the preferential treatment they received at work regarding child care etc; and then there was car insurance premiums, pensions, bus passes etc. I know we still have a long way to go and, unfortunately, I could still write a huge list of male discrimination issues, but I think all of these issues will slowly get eroded away over the next few years. I think the internet has been an extremely powerful tool which has meant men can finally state their case regarding just how thoroughly fed up they have become! It's great to know that more and more websites of this ilk are popping up and getting support. I wonder if many women/feminists read these sites!!
Posted by: Dave | Monday, 30 January 2012 at 22:05
Thanks Dave. I don't know if feminists read these sites but I'd like to think so... hopefully they SEETHE when they read the content, just as we seethe at their websites, blogs and activities.
I found the DCLG report extract so remarkable (my thanks to this site, and 'Groan' for bringing it to my attention) that it inspired me to write an 'open letter' to Theresa May MP, in which I include the extract. Copies have been emailed to all 306 Tory MPs (their feminist PAs have already started to block my emails haha). I've included the content of the letter in a new post on my blog today: http://fightingfeminism.wordpress.com. Feel free to add a comment if you can spare a minute or two. Thanks.
Let the good fight continue...
Mike Buchanan
Posted by: Mike Buchanan | Wednesday, 01 February 2012 at 17:02
Mike, just tried to leave a comment. Is there a way to leave a comment (like on this site) by just entering in your name and email? I'm one of those sad people who don't have a facebook or Twitter account login etc.
Posted by: Dave | Thursday, 02 February 2012 at 22:47
Dave, maybe that's why the blog's been a bit light on comments so far - perhaps others have had the same problem. I shall look into the matter and reply through this post. Thanks for trying!
Posted by: Mike Buchanan | Friday, 03 February 2012 at 01:28
Dave, I've now amended the settings on http://fightingfeminism.wordpress.com so it should now be easier to post comments. I look forward to hearing from you.
Mike Buchanan
www.lpspublishing.co.uk
Posted by: Mike Buchanan | Friday, 03 February 2012 at 12:34