Equality of women
I know this is a subject that polarises people but I’m game enough to have an opinion on it regardless of the fallout. I read in today’s press that the NSW Government set up an independent economic expert panel to identify barriers to women’s economic participation and financial security. Their report has been handed down and it holds no great suprises for me. As far as I can ascertain, the panel has 5 females and 1 male which shows an immediate bias.
The panel wants a government tender process that makes a concerted effort to choose companies that have lots of women on the board, or are owned or run by women. Simply put, this is discrimination which is against spending government funds to achieve the greatest saving for the best result. The panel also identified that women want compulsory superannuation payments to be made when women are on parental leave. This means that women who are not working want to be paid by an employer who is not getting any benefit from the employee. The panel erroneously claims that this is a federal government responsibility. Governments don’t pay compulsory superannuation, employers do.
Then, of course, the mythical “gender pay gap” gets a run. I say mythical because the women’s lobby group has used statistics to suit their purposes. Throughout Australia, all Awards and Workplace Agreements do not show gender but only refer to employees. The way the figures for men and women are achieved is that tax returns are used to show income and are adjusted for part-time workers by extrapolating the amount to a 38 hour week. What are not adjusted are those who work overtime who don’t have the extra income deducted to create a level playing field. Statistics also show that men are more likely to work overtime than women so the figures become skewed.
The panel also disclosed that women worked 19% fewer hours than men in 2019. This is understandable because women make up the bulk of the casual workforce. It should be noted that a large percentage of women in the casual workforce have chosen to work that way as it suits their family situation. But, the panel has raised this as an issue to try and highlight that women are disadvantaged when compared to men in the workforce.
As a male, I get annoyed with those who claim that women want to be equal when, in fact, they want more than men have got. They want equality in the workforce by making all jobs 50/50 male and female which sounds good but they won’t allow men only to be employed until the 50/50 is achieved in teaching or nursing which is female dominated. They want to be paid for not working by having superannuation paid by their employer when they are on parental leave. Labor politician Plibersek is on record as wanting female employees to be paid 15% compulsory superannuation while men should remain on 12%. That’s equality?
I worked with females all of my working life and I have never felt that either gender was superior. Women are better at some things than men and vice versa and employers have slotted people into the positions that suit them best. I have worked under female superiors, been in charge of female employees and I have tried to promote the best person suited for a position. Those with qualifications, experience and ability should be employed regardless of gender. I find it passing curious that women think that by getting paid more than men somehow makes them equal.
Personally, I believe women should be in the kitchen, taking care of their husbands, looking after the kids, meeting me at the door with my slippers (I prefer my brown fluffy ones).
Let the ladies out of the kitchen and they want to take over the world.
"I find it passing curious that women think that by getting paid more than men somehow makes them equal" ( Horace Cope).
That makes no sense to me!
If a woman is getting more than men...it means, they are more qualified for the job than the man and more deserving of the extra pay!