It is bad enough in the UK to have a Minister for Women since 1997 (no Minister for Men) along with a Government Equalities Department and an Equality and Human Rights Commission all part of an institutional apparatus to demand for extra treatment and rights for women, while purposely ignoring issues that affect men and boys.
A double whammy of discrimination against men under the auspice of equality topped up with discrimination by omission.
In France, though the new government has gone one step further. President Hollande has appointed a Ministry for Women Right's and even then as the Guardian explains many do not think it is enough.
While this position is basically the same as the Minister for Women, there are two clear differences. Firstly, the Minister for Women (Theresa May) is also the Home Secretary so it is not an exclusive role unlike in France. Secondly, while a Minister for Women will by its nature be a Minister for Women's Rights it is not so explicit and proactive as in France.
In problem it is bad enough that men are ignored and there is a constant stream of pro-women and anti-men rules and publicity, this is a step further.
The problem though is that it sets the precedent and therefore as with all these issues once you take an inch, taking a mile becomes so much easier.
With the current and continuing campaign on issues such as boardroom quotas, the lie becoming the truth around the pay gap and stopping women from going to prison - all now becoming mainstreamed, it is no longer such a leap for the Minister for Women to become the Minister for Women's Rights - rights which are really rights for special treatment rather than rights for equality.
The men of France are doomed, we're next.
Posted by Skimmington
Grr Grr...against the background of:
Article 14 of The Human Rights Act giving one the right not to be discriminated against on any grounds - unless it is objectively justified...
Posted by: JOHN TAYLOR | Sunday, 20 May 2012 at 20:24
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147637/Wife-78-tasered-twice-stabbed-Alzheimers-suffering-husband-17-times-cracked-pressure-caring-him.html?ITO=1490
Have you ever read such ball-wash. Devoted, yeah stabbed him 17 times?!!!
Ah silly me I forgot it is a WOMAN..they are never to blame for anything and anything they do is always someone elses fault, or some other pressure, or some other...whatever they can blame it on.
Posted by: dave | Monday, 21 May 2012 at 19:32
Now here is an idea. Someone apply for the Chair of the EHRC.
http://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/jobs/ehrc/EHRC%20Chair%20final.pdf
That would be good. Glen Poole would be exellent
Posted by: Groan | Wednesday, 23 May 2012 at 17:31