Oxygen_Thief
LE
Just been reading the Labour Manifesto (i know, i know . .) and several parts have fairly irked me.
Labour Manifesto: http://www.labour.org.uk/manifesto (other Manifesto's are available).
In particular, there seems to be some requirement to legislate purely for Women in terms of pay discrimination and domestic violence/Sexual offences.
Now, I agree that these things need to be prevented and justice prevail - but I cant help but wonder why we are 1. Not using existing non-gender specific laws that already exist and 2. creating prejudices positively discriminating in favour of a particular gender.
Mankind (www.mankind.org.uk) as an example, provide stats that of the c80k rapes, 9,000 victims are male. And around 1 in 3 Domestic violence victims are male (which I imagine the real figures are much higher since there is more stigma attached to being a bloke reporting that his missus beats him up).
There is also much concern that male refuge centres and support services are practically non-existent, yet various Parties are only promising more support to womens support services.
We will publish a Violence against Women and Girls Bill, appoint a commissioner
to set minimum standards in tackling domestic and sexual violence, and provide
more stable central funding for women’s refuges and Rape Crisis Centres.
The independent also ran an interesting article on it http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ficult-to-say-ive-been-beaten-up-8572143.html.
Next,
In terms of the mythical 'gender-pay-gap' - even the ONS concedes that women from 20 - 40 are paid more than men, on average.
The gap is relatively small up to, and including, the 30-39 age group (with the exception of the 16-17 age group). In fact, the gap is negative for the 22-29 and 30-39 age groups, meaning that women earn on average more than men. Thereafter, there is a relatively large positive gap. (http://www.equalpayportal.co.uk/statistics/) - using ONS 2014 figures.
So I guess my questions are:-
1. Why are we peddling such one-sided agenda driven drivel - when we should be addressing equality for all?
2. Wheres the support for blokes - since we are now supposedly all equal?
3. When will this Feminist-agenda nightmare ever end (all you see on telly now is how wonderful women are all the f****** time . . .)
Labour Manifesto: http://www.labour.org.uk/manifesto (other Manifesto's are available).
In particular, there seems to be some requirement to legislate purely for Women in terms of pay discrimination and domestic violence/Sexual offences.
Now, I agree that these things need to be prevented and justice prevail - but I cant help but wonder why we are 1. Not using existing non-gender specific laws that already exist and 2. creating prejudices positively discriminating in favour of a particular gender.
Mankind (www.mankind.org.uk) as an example, provide stats that of the c80k rapes, 9,000 victims are male. And around 1 in 3 Domestic violence victims are male (which I imagine the real figures are much higher since there is more stigma attached to being a bloke reporting that his missus beats him up).
There is also much concern that male refuge centres and support services are practically non-existent, yet various Parties are only promising more support to womens support services.
We will publish a Violence against Women and Girls Bill, appoint a commissioner
to set minimum standards in tackling domestic and sexual violence, and provide
more stable central funding for women’s refuges and Rape Crisis Centres.
The independent also ran an interesting article on it http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ficult-to-say-ive-been-beaten-up-8572143.html.
Next,
In terms of the mythical 'gender-pay-gap' - even the ONS concedes that women from 20 - 40 are paid more than men, on average.
The gap is relatively small up to, and including, the 30-39 age group (with the exception of the 16-17 age group). In fact, the gap is negative for the 22-29 and 30-39 age groups, meaning that women earn on average more than men. Thereafter, there is a relatively large positive gap. (http://www.equalpayportal.co.uk/statistics/) - using ONS 2014 figures.
So I guess my questions are:-
1. Why are we peddling such one-sided agenda driven drivel - when we should be addressing equality for all?
2. Wheres the support for blokes - since we are now supposedly all equal?
3. When will this Feminist-agenda nightmare ever end (all you see on telly now is how wonderful women are all the f****** time . . .)