Gales are currently tearing through the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, as they generally do at this time of year, bringing down power lines, and more. On BBC News 24 a few minutes ago, a decidedly unstressed spokeswoman for a Scottish utility company cheerily remarked to her interviewer:
Hundreds of our guys are out there doing all they can to restore power to people’s homes.
Two questions:
1. Where are the calls for gender equality in dangerous outdoors jobs, in unpleasant conditions, where employees – men, invariably – have no choice but to work unsocial hours? 96% of work-related deaths in the UK are of men.
2. Where are the calls for gender equality in safe indoors 9 – 5 jobs, in pleasant conditions, which women gravitate towards, whilst whining about the gender pay gap?
