The Rights Of Man

ACADEMIC SAYS MEN WILL SUFFER UNDER HARMAN'S EQUALITY BILL

As the recession starts to bite and employment becomes tougher, Harriet Harman will be cementing the plans for her single Equality Bill which will allow employers to discriminate against men when it comes to recruiting people to the workforce.

Following on from comments made by Trevor Phillips who declared that such discrimination will provide extra support for the BNP because it will be the white-working class that will be discriminated against, an academic has also hit out at the plans.

Writing for Public Policy Review and covered here (Telegraph), Dr Catherine Hakim, believes that men will become the new victims of sex discrimination if workplace equality laws are strengthened further.

The Telegraph article quotes that she accuses 'feminists of peddling "myths" about the extra hours put in by women and their thwarted career ambitions to justify "futile and perverse" attempts to help them balance work and family life'.

This is important article for a number of reasons:-

Firstly, it is a woman defending men and the Fawcett Society et al cannot deal with it. She understands that the motivation behind this equality law is not equality but a way of legally discriminating against men. If a man is discriminated against it is his wife/aprtner, mother, sister and daughters who will also be discriminated aagainst.

Secondly, it ignores the facts that women are now more great inroads into what would traditionally be termed male occupations. This investigation in the Telegraphshows for example that 61% of trainee GPs are women, 63% of students enrolled into the law society are women and 79% of vets are women. What more help do women need.

Thirdly, Marxist anti-male feminists such as Harriet Harman are hell-bent on destroying men. When boys are seven years behind girls at school (the outcome of which is highlighted in the above), it is men that need help. If this carries on then Harman and her friends will have succeeded.

INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY - CELEBRATE TODAY

In a post long ago (link), the site asked readers whether there should be a men's day in the UK and also what day that should be.

Little do the site know that 19th November has already been designated as International Men's Day (link).

It is already celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago, India, Pakistan and now Australia.

As far as anyone is aware, there is no such event in the UK but clearly in 2009, there has to be.

BBC BIAS ON GENDER PAY GAP

In a post last week, the issue about BBC bias was on the issue of domestic violence (see previous post). This time it is on the gender pay gap.

In October, a publication by J R Shackleton which received a high volume of coverage (see previous post) highlighted that the gender pay gap was largely about lifestyle choice and not discrimination.

Yet when the latest figures are published, the BBC just stick to their left-wing politically correct assumptions and publish a story (link) that does not mention the alternative arguments. Instead, it gives a free platform to anti-male organisations such as the Fawcett Society and the Commission of Equality and Human Rights to berate men and companies.

The BBC are biased, what other reasonable conclusion can you draw?

ALEX SALMOND REFUSES TO ACTIVELY HELP MALE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS IN SCOTLAND

A post last week (link) outlined how Mary Scanlon MSP in the Sunday Herald had questioned the Scottish Government on why they provided no support for male victims.

This week, she directly asked leader of Scottish Government, Alex Salmond, about the lack of support for male victims in Scotland (link).

Instead of answering her reasonable question, he purposely chooses not to and just says that the majority of victims are women, that it is wrong regardless of gender and that he will keep the lack of help for men under 'review'. In other words, he intends to do nothing.

One of the weasel-type phrases that Governments use on this issue is to say that "domestic violence is wrong and every victims should be helped". However, there is a clear difference between what they say their policy is and the policy that is implemented. The latter of course, is to systematically ignore men. 

Last year, 6,000 men asked for help from the Scottish Police because they were victims of domestic violence. In choosing to purposely ignore them, Alex Salmond is not fit to ever claim that the Scottish Government treats its citizens equally.

For information - a one-sided story from Fife (link)

GENDER PAY GAP HYSTERIA DESTROYED

For a decade at least now, the anti-male establishment hasused the gender pay gap in the UK to beat men and employers up - its all allegedly about discrimination in the workplace. Anyone who disagreed with campaigns from the anti-male Fawcett Society, the Labour Government, the TUC and others were shouted down. The media, always looking for an easy anti-male story, lapped it up (link).

At least in the USA they had Warren Farrell (link) highlighting how the gender pay gap is down to lifestyle choices, the family unit and how the gap does not apply across the board. There had been no equivalent in the UK, until now.

In a ground breaking monograph for the Institute of Economic Affairs, J.R. Shackleton, Professor of Economics at the University of East London, comprehensively destroys the arguments of the politically correct.

In "Should We Mind the Gap?" (link), he finds that 'the free choice of men and women - as well as earlier educational choices and the choices they make regarding their domestic arrangements - are at the heart of differences in pay levels'. He states the 'it isn't appreciated what a crude statistical artfefact the gender pay gap is.'

It's conclusion is that the gender pay gap is not down to discrimination. It is down to women making a choice to bring up families and also that inequality exists within groups. He also highlights huge anomalies in the blanket 17% gap that the anti-male groups use to beat men and employers up.

For instance, he shows how that although married men earn more than married women, singlewomen, as they get older, earn more than single men. Or that, Black Caribbean women earn more than their male equivalent.

In addition, as more women choose to work in the public sector and pay in that sphere is generally lower than in the private sector, it is small wonder that there is a gap.

His clear insightful study, using official figures, completely and utterly destroys the arguments put forward by the Fawcett Society, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights and the anti-male hystericspurveyed by Harriett Harman (she will be introducing more legislation soon on it). They even try and describe hisresearch as 'unhelpful', they know they have been found out.

Whenever, you hear them making the point, ask them whether they have read this research?.

Articles on the monograph can be here (Sunday Times, Sunday Times 2, Telegraph  and Daily Mail with debate).

Recent articles on the site can also be found here (1, 2,3 )

WOMEN'S NATIONAL COMMISSION - INCREASED FUNDING FOR WAR AGAINST MEN

The UK's leading anti-male feminist, Harriet Harman, has increased funding for the Women's National Commission by 30% (£434k from 330k). Remember, this is taxpayers money being diverted to a pet causes and to support the cause of the feminist fundamentalist war against men.

In announcing ten new Commissioners (link), she said "This impressive group of uncompromising women brings together an unprecedented wealth of knowledge and experience that will help tackle the big issues facing women including balancing work with family responsibility, unequal pay, discrimination, under-representation and violence against women.

"Under their leadership and direction, a strengthened WNC will bring the voice of women into the heart of Government."

Ms Harman, as we know, no longer hides her anti-male attitude even to the point where one of the commissioners (Bea Campbell) is described on the Government's press release as an outspoken feminist.

In addition, the release states the Commissioners will be "Providing impartial and specialist advice on gender issues to government, key stakeholders and the general public" .

This, of course, is a complete lie - Orwellian DoubleSpeak. How can an organisation made up of ardent anti-male feminists be impartial?

Until the next election, it is clear that the war on men will become more intense. Batten down the hatches.

JUDGES CONDEMN EAST SUSSEX COUNCIL OVER ADOPTIONS

It is a bit of an old story but probably the nastiest of this year.

In May,two senior judges strongly criticised East Sussex local authority for forcing through an adoption of a baby girl against the wishes of her father.

The story covered in The Times (link) highlighted how the council adopted "by means more foul than fair" in a case where a father who was unaware that he had a daughter until the council contacted him, wanted to take custody. This was because the mother had abandoned the child and she was placed into care.

When he contacted the council they then ignored him on purpose and he ended up losing his attempt at custody because the child had now been adopted. The judges condemned the council for its disgraceful conduct and that the council deliberately set out to prevent the father's case being heard.

In response, and despite the judges damning verdict , the councils' weasly response was "We are pleased the court confirmed that we were legally entitled to do what we did."

What the social services department of East Sussex did is frankly disgusting and it shows how some people in local authorities are hellbent on ignoring fathers, even to the point of subterfuge.

Supposedly the state is there to serve the people but clearly here, they were not interested at all. No-one will have lost their jobs at the council for this terrible terrible behaviour.

I just hope the people involved can sleep at night, though I suspect they don't care one way or other.

CHICHESTER COUNCIL BANS THE USE OF MAN

Chichester Council, in a politically correct guide dreamt up by council bosses (people funded by us taxpayers!) have banned the common usage of 'men' or 'man' in case people are offended. No more 'sleeping policeman', 'manning the switchboard' or 'the man on the street'. 

Who would have fought sleepy old Chichester in the heart of Toryland would come up with such nonsense? Only in the minds of men-haters would anyone be offended by such terms. 

They are a dangerous yet laughing stock as it would be no surprise if their guide was taken up elsewhere. They even try to defend it!

Story is well covered here:- Metro , Express, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph

GENDER PAY GAP - GOVERNMENT'S OWN STATISTICS EXPLAIN AWAY HARMAN'S MYTHS

The Gender Pay Gap and the reasons behind it is one of the biggest anti-male myths going.

When Harriet Harman put forward draft legislation in June (link) explaining that there was a need for employers to be able to discriminate between men and women, she explained it was due to the Gender Pay Gap.

This has been used for decades now as a stick to beat men and also to allow all sorts of discrimination against them such as women-only courses, "positive" action training and used as a general anti-male propaganda tool. There has never been any systematic proof that a women is paid less than a man when she is doing the same job as a man at the same company with the same skill, experience and adding the same economic value

The Office of National Statistics this year produced clear statistics (link) and an explanation on why the gap exists and also that in some cases the gap is in favour of women.

The graph below from the Economic & Labour Market Review Vol 2 / No 4 / April 2008 shows that there is no discernible pay gap between men and women working full-time (median) until a women reaches her mid 30's (7% gap) and then accelerates to around 19% when a woman is in her mid forties.

Why is this? Well of course, as the research states, it is because many many women change their priorities in life (of which they are comfortable with) to bring up a family. It means there are then either working part-time, limited full-time hours or not working at all. In addition, when a mother is home, the father tends to work harder not only because there is one income coming in but also to make sure the household remains financially viable and he is also committed to bringing in as much money as possible for his and her children.

With such career breaks, when a woman goes back to work full-time, she has less work experience which will have an impact on her salary.

The report also shows that women working part-time in large companies earn more than men. In addition, in the health, social care and secretarial occupations, part-time women also earn more than part-time men. In the first two categories, the gap is 22.% in favour of women.

It is interesting to note that the oft-quoted 17% gap between men and women is based on a mean average rather than the more sensible median average which takes out the distortions of the very high earners. If the median is used, the figure is just over 13%.

What the research states is that the reason for the gap is because of :-

• Differences in educational levels and work experience;
• More part-time women workers;
• Travel patterns as men travel further to work than women;
• Occupational segregation because many female occupations are paid less than male ones.

It also clearly states that "part of the gender pay gap is the result of RATIONAL choices made by the different sexes and not all due to discrimination."

What this means is that whenever the Government or others wheel out the Gender Pay Gap as a reason for more positive discrimination for women and therefore negative discrimination for men, use this Government report.

It nails the myths of those who want to use Gender Pay Gap as another stick to beat men with.

GOVERNMENT CAUGHT PEDDLING MYTHS OVER 415 PLACES AVAILABLE TO MALE DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS

One of the innumerable areas where this Government have paraded their anti-male credentials has been in the area of support for male victims.

It is bad enough when they spend £60 million per year through the Supporting People initiative on housing support for female victims but nothing for men.  Now they are trying in typical New Labour style to spin how much support male victims receive.

In a response to a e-petition (link), they claim there are 415 places available to male victims. This is based on a terribly misleading report from the Department of Communities and Local Government (report - see page 45).

The report makes this claim and also shows that 250 of these 415 places are in Yorkshire. However, after speaking to the ManKind Initiative (link), they said that these 415 places are actually in hostels for people on bail/recently released frOm prison/alcoholics etc. These are not proper refuge places with requisite care facilities (only six exist for heterosexual men, 1 for homosexual men whilst there are 500 for women).

The myth of the 415 places is deliberately misleading, it is a simple and typical untruth.

If anyone sees this being used by the Government, please alert this site or The ManKind Initiative.