A piece in yesterday’s Evening Standard. Following the recent cabinet reshuffle, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has also taken on the mantle of the most absurd job title in government, Minister for Women and Equalities. And she’s lost no time in confirming that in common with the holders of all such titles, starting with Harriet Harman, she’s a liar. The start of the article:
Companies were today told to increase their profitability by appointing more women to top jobs as Home Secretary Amber Rudd warned that it made “no sense” to fill boardrooms with men.
In her first public appearance since taking charge of the Government’s equalities policy, Ms Rudd said firms were more likely to outperform their rivals if they had greater diversity in their senior ranks. [J4MB emphasis]
She also called on businesses to close the gender pay gap by promoting more women from junior ranks, changing recruitment practices and allowing flexible work patterns.
The claim of a causal link between more women on boards and improved corporate performance has been known to be a lie since at least 2012. Evidence from longitudinal studies very clearly shows a link between more women on boards, and corporate financial decline – here.
Justice for Men & Boys 
If it makes no sense to have more men than women in the boardroom, then it must make no sense to have more male soldiers than female and more male firefighters than female, and more male carpenters than female either. Does it make sense to have more female teachers than male? Does it make sense to have more female university students and flight attendants? If it makes no sense to have an unequal number of men and women in a profession, then we need to have equal numbers in every profession, or none at all. Women can not be allowed to cherry pick where their numbers should be equal and where not.
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What can Mr X do to stop women cherry picking?
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Seek a spine transplant?
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Well, since Mr.X or any other man can not stop them physically, Mr. X has one option. Stirring up an awareness campaign for men through a book, teaching them not to allow women exploit their gentleman’s manners to achieve their sinister goals, for starters. Furthermore, contributing material and opinions to websites such as this,and confronting feminists intellectually in everyday situations, where possible. That’s what Mr. X can do and does. It may not be much, but it is more than the average Joe Six-pack does…
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Do what one can to use the Equality Act to push for equality, often the sort women don’t want. Simply quoting the Equality Act can make a difference. In my professional life locally was able to push for reading for boys programme, recognition for male victims of DV in housing rules and some changes in languages in Strategies. Personally also end discounts for women at a gym and get at least the offer of men only swimming at a swimming pool. Non of it earth shattering I know but if many men simply pushed for the letter of Equality I suspect the enthusiasm for it would wain. At the very least there’d be some Equity. There was after all quite a hue and cry about insurances and a big one about state pensions. So I’d suggest that one way for those less brave and articulate as you Mike and J4fM&B is to try to make a difference locally in what small ways one can.
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Now, now. That’s logic, and something that has no place in a feminist brain.
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Well that is indeed the logic of the argument, and coming soon to a street near you. Egalitarianism denies all differences. It is also undermining freedom of association: men’s clubs are under continuous intellectual assault (this process has been taken even further forward in the USA. Even male and female toilets will disappear.
We can only hope that at some stage there will be an intellectual reversal in taste. Historical change provides some hope.
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Where is the minister for Men and Equalities?
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‘Companies were today told to increase their profitability by appointing more women … ‘
Other news: The Glorious Leaderine announced today that tractor production has continued to rise, week on week, since the appointment of more women to the State Board of Fluffy Pink Technical Solutions. Responding to comments that it doesn’t make sense to to spend more on women’s health than men’s she said ‘that’s not important. All that matters is that women … ‘.
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‘Companies were today told to increase their profitability by appointing more women … ‘This sounds like a skit from Monty Python…. hahaaa !
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