Just awful to be a woman in Ireland today?

[cbyrne11]

Yawn....



Is a woman Garda of equal grade and service on a different pay scale to her male colleague???

Is a teacher????

Is a Doctor or a nurse????

Is a bank teller???

Is a bus driver????

Is an accountant???

Is a lawyer???

Please tell me...

I'm sorry but I'm not sure that I belive the graduate stat in that article, in nearly every graduate program I know off pay was either equal for all the people on it, or it was dictated by how you had done in college, also positive discrimination was used in subjects that had more men than women that made it a 50/50 mix on the program!

And........

"90% of radio presenters were male.............." Of course thats the case, women aren't funny!

[Neutron]

TBH I think its awful to be anyone in Ireland today unless of course your are one of the gob************************es ruining this country.

[sauntersplash]

Feminists have ruined it for us, unless you're very very well paid, trying to have a career, children, husband, social time is impossible, all I want to do and a lot of the girls working with me , is to give up work , stay home and raise the kids, and try and have some semblance of normality, instead of the stress of trying to get time off work, what to do on teacher training days, worried how to manage school holidays, and all that goes with children, while running a household with too tired parents. So fairly soon something is going to give and it will be my job, as no reduced hours/ job share is available.

But what about earning the same amount as obsessive, testosterone driven men who work seventy five hour weeks? Isn't that your dream?

I fear I have been grossly misinformed. Somebody should make a law about that.

[Diawlbach]

Yeah, well, that's just the human condition. You can't have it all. No-one ever has, unless they've got the money already. Men have always known that they got dealt the card of not spending the time they'd like with their kids, and don't get the choice. So, that choice is largely made for us anyway, irrespective of what we want. Women do get the choice, but it's a choice where all the options are poor, because you'll have to give up on one area if you want fully to go down another. Which, again, is just the human condition, not oppression.

[redhead]

Feminist whingefest from correspondent in today's Irish Examiner on how just how terrible it is to be a woman in Ireland today and how those nasty Irish "men" are discriminating against the female of the species. The BBC panda picture, of course, and David Cameron's views are all grist to the mill in pursuit of Irish society's 'orrible male chauvinism.

Also apparently there far too many male Irish media presenters - any aspiring envious female touting for a job, I wonder?

Panda or no panda, the war over gender equality is far from over | Irish Examiner

Brings to mind the title of a song "Its hard to be a woman" -sob.

Do you mean 'Stand By Your Man'?

Sometimes it's hard to be a woman
Giving all your love to just one man...

Kinda strange choice for a feminist anthem?!

[Tombo]

Since most of those are union rates or self employed it's hardly possible for there to be differentials with them wouldn't you think?

Those militant lawyers, doctors and accountants. Yeah, I get where you're coming from....


Let's keep adding to the list... [all strcitly non-unionised of course]

An HR manager???

A receptionist????

A vet????

A journalist???

A model???? [oh, yes a woman would be paid much much much more]

[Tombo]

Also apparently there far too many male Irish media presenters - any aspiring envious female touting for a job, I wonder?

hmmm, I can't remember the last time I saw a Gender Oppressor presenting the weather on TG4...

[borntorum]

So, to sum up; illiterate, innumerate, and quoting sources she clearly hasn't read. A truly terrible piece of writing, the failings of which undermine any point she might have hoped to make.

More importantly, though: Is she hot?

[Diawlbach]

More importantly, though: Is she hot?

Quiet day in Shaft'em'all Towers, I take it...?

[shoneen]

Indeed. There are some just awful women in Ireland today.