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from: `mcp` gf010w5035{at}blueyon
date: 2005-03-18 17:09:00
subject: Re: `Science for girls` call by CBI (gender equal pay issue)

"Sergeant America"  wrote in message
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> ivaluemyprivacy{at}mailblocks.com wrote:
> >
> >
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/business/businessnews/tm_objectid=15295450&method=full&siteid=50142&headline=-science-for-girls--call-by-cbi-name_page.html
> >
> > 'Science for girls' call by CBI Mar 15 2005
> >
> > Daily Post
> >
> > ENCOURAGING girls to study science and maths and offering more help to
> > working mothers would do more to close the gender pay gap than forcing
> > companies to carry out an audit of their wage structures, the CBI said
> > yesterday.
> >
> > The employers' organisation said the causes of the pay gap between men
> > and women were more complex than unfair discrimination.
> >
> > Unions have been pressing for compulsory audits to make sure women were
> > not being paid less than men, but the CBI said this would have little
> > impact on the gender gap while putting a "real burden"
on companies.
> >
> > In evidence to the government's Women and Work Commission, the CBI said
> > careers advice to girls should be "more imaginative" to
help them look
> > for higher paying jobs.
> >
> > Deputy director-general John Cridland said: "We need to provide women
> > who are trying to balance work with family responsibilities with more
> > chances, in particular better childcare and flexible working patterns
> > which include more high quality part-time jobs.
> >
> > "Equal pay audits have a role to play but they are not a magic bullet
> > and could well divert attention away from more effective ways of
> > closing the pay gap for ever."
> >
> > The CBI called for work experience offered to girls to be more
> > business-focused and said they should be encouraged to consider
> > apprenticeships in professions such as engineering.
>
> Women have already been successfully encouraged to go to university,
> where they now make up some 58% of students in Western nations. Given
> that females remain underrepresented in science and engineering, shows
> that the feminists are simply out of touch with what women want, or
> refuse to admit it.
>
> In a free society these discrepencies can not possibly be a problem, as
> they're clearly the manifestation of the differences between men and
> women. Yet social engineering busybodies will never stop selling the
> idea that it's based on injustice. These Marxist feminist wackos simply
> need to be told, "F*** off with your bullshit", because men and even
> women don't want it.

There IS NO gender pay gap!




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