tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post110616519020232093..comments2023-08-14T16:35:49.756+01:00Comments on Cruella-blog: In answer to the question...Cruellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-1106299370583210882005-01-21T09:22:00.000+00:002005-01-21T09:22:00.000+00:00Hi Simon
Yes I accept your point that in the medi...Hi Simon<br /><br />Yes I accept your point that in the medium-to-high range there might be similar numbers of men and women, depending on the details of the shape of the two apparently differnt distributions. Still the professions I mention are all heavily male dominated rather than being about fifty-fifty so I think my point that the alleged differing distribution cannot be accepted as the only factor in the differing employment rates holds.<br /><br />I don't much care whether "gender" or "sex" is used in this context. I do however have a certain loathing for the insistence of those writing about womens issues to call it "gender" issues and present itself as also covering issues in which men are hard-done-to (see my various comments on Fathers4Justice...!). Again I come back to the comparison with other groups who are the victims of prejudice: black people and gay people. We wouldn't quite so comfortably read about the problems these people face and then expect to turn the page over and find an article about how heterosexual white people are being victimised too. It persists with giving the impression that there are two defensible sides to the story: "are women being the victimised or is it all a figment of their imagination?". A question we wouldn't dream of asking about black or gay people. And then on the other hand if we call it a "women" section then we expect it to be full of cosmetic frou-frou-ing and articles on relationships. I'd like to see the term "women" used as the header to the section and the articles about "men's issues" relegated to elsewhere in the paper.<br /><br />But then again I also think that feminism is often side-tracked into arguements about words and grammar as a mean of obscuring the real issues: equal pay, equal opportunities and equal respect.<br /><br />And £196.Cruellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.com