Feminism

equal pay in all occupations is still a grey area i believe, issues of maternity rights and child care too and the rights of women across the world not just in this country.

Please tell me you are joking.........? You honestly don't see anything wrong with a woman not getting a job when they are of childbearing age, just in case they get pregnant and they have to pay them maternity leave? If you don't see anything wrong with that, there is no hope...

The word feminist gives such a distorting impression of women who wear dungarees and don't shave their pits.

That is right, but quite honestly I think the figures are not always very sincere. But fact is, many employers are afraid of women getting pregnant, that is aa problem.

I can see a debate coming up about women´s rights in Islam again... i don´t fully agree I´m afraid. Women´s rights across the world are not necessarily our problem, other cultures have other customs. But in some cases I agree.

That is right, but quite honestly I think the figures are not always very sincere. But fact is, many employers are afraid of women getting pregnant, that is aa problem.

Somefield supermakets ask on their application form if a woman has excercised her right to maternity leave to enable them to discriminate on these grounds. Outrageous... write to your local MP!

That isnt actually allowed anyway. Employers must be seen to be equal when hiring staff, so they cannot ask things like, "Are you thinking of starting a family soon?" etc.

People seem to be forgetting one minor detail here - men get paternity leave as well! Employers do not ask men if they have exercised their right to paternity leave do they?!?!? Also not all women choose to take their fully maternity leave! There are occasions when fathers take longer leave than the mother as the mother would rather get back to work!

you try typing on a laptop keyboard where the keys are closer together, all same level, not as reised as traditional keyboards, and the mousepad messes up the mouse (its a touchpad for a mouse).

fine, you don't want complimet, won't get compliment.
lets replace the word 'caring' with emotional.
women are more emotional, or don't hide, or leanr to hide as men do. you don't want a perosn in the army who gets shocked or cries for ages kos his/her friend died.

same with PM. you don't want a PM, who cires kos people died in the 9/11 attacks. no. sure, there are women who as said before, will be like the men in terms of the characteristics mentioned, but generally speaking women tend to be more emotional.

No, I'm saying that an already pregnant woman is asking for discrimination when she applies for a job knowing she will get 1 year's free pay. I would go as far as to say it's an insult to the company's intelligence even thinking they would pay you.

Somefield supermakets ask on their application form if a woman has excercised her right to maternity leave to enable them to discriminate on these grounds. Outrageous... write to your local MP!

No, I'm saying that an already pregnant woman is asking for discrimination when she applies for a job knowing she will get 1 year's free pay. I would go as far as to say it's an insult to the company's intelligence even thinking they would pay you.

That's just pathetic. Men have suffered extreme psychological effects from seeing their friends die in warfare. As for women being more emotional - what planet are you on? Have you never met a woman who never cries or a man who weeps? I think your stereotyping and closed-mindedness is a very good reason for need for feminism in itself.

equal pay in all occupations is still a grey area i believe, issues of maternity rights and child care too and the rights of women across the world not just in this country.

I don't get your point, sorry.

a multicultural society cannot be achieved if it is governed by white, Christian males.

white, christian, middle class males.