Just published on TCW. The piece links to an article in The Sun, in which Kathy puts her points well, while countering points are made by Harriet Minter, from Talk Radio’s Badass Women’s Hour. Talk Radio has the amazing Julia Hartley-Brewer as a presenter, clearly a higher life form than Minter. The start of Minter’s silly piece on the gender pay gap gives you a flavour of her ignorance about the matter:
Despite the fact that it has been 50 years since it became illegal to pay men and women differently for doing the same job, the chances are that if you’re a woman then the man sat next to you right now is earning more simply because of his gender. [J4MB emphasis]
Justice for Men & Boys 
It’s a repeat of the old “tell a lie often enough…”, I think.
The aim, I am certain, is to have women paid the same as men even if they don’t work as many hours, spend the time chatting, and, indeed, don’t feel like working at all.
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The Prime Minister, Ministers of State and MP’s receive the same income and benefits regardless of gender. Civil servants with the same experience, qualifications, seniority and classification, receive the same pay. Similarly, members of the military and large commercial organisations with an identical rank or position, subject to experience, skills, seniority and qualifications, receive the same remuneration – regardless of gender.
I am of the view that it should not be described as a ‘pay gap’. Rather, it is an ‘INCOME gap’. It is indisputable that many women earn less over a life-time than men. However, this is not attributable to gender discrimination but essentially due to the fact that a significant number of women prefer to spend less time in the paid work force; prefer part-time work (eg female medical GP’s); are reluctant to work unsociable hours (female veterinarians) and prefer ‘softer’ occupations that generally pay less.
In so far as the media is concerned (BBC, Hollywood) many of the so called ‘celebrities’ are contracted according to their retention value to the media organisation. Some men will be paid more than women in similar roles whereas the reverse is not uncommon. Contractual conditions of employment should not be confused with issues of equal pay in circumstances where an individual actor/anchor can command higher audience participation/revenue for a film company or TV channel than another person with similar attributes.
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Quote:-
“Rather than paying women less, we should actually be paying them more,” says Harriet Minter….
….despite the fact that it has been 50 years since it became illegal to pay men and women differently for doing the same job, the chances are that if you’re a woman then the man sat next to you right now is earning more simply because of his gender….” End quote.
An outright lie, and one that is squarely intended to provoke hate, resentment and division.
So what is it’s aim?
It can have no other than to make men fear women, and women hate men.
As such then, it’s purpose can only be to cause so much damage as to weaken our civilisation to the point where it will collapse snd be replaced with another.
Will this ‘other’ be a kinder, gentler, fairer, safer, nicer utopia, or akin to one which has already slaughtered millions in Russia, China, Cambodia, North Korea etc. etc. and is currently wrecking Venezuela?
You may judge that by observing it’s methods.
Hmmm…..Tricky one, eh?
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Well on a practical level some men in the BBC get a pay cut. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42827333
Now someone might try a Freedom of Information Request to find out off the BBC what the new salaries are. I hope this gets a lot of publicity because its an instance of the well off men, who have been happy enough to “virtue signal” while the “losers” in such equal pay claims have been manual workers, or in the BBC the male technical staffs. Perhaps the senior people in the companies now publishing “Pay Gap” reports might reflect that this sort of stuff doesn’t just affect warehousemen or gardeners. They too may find they get paid less!! After all the BBC Thought it had a cast iron “fair pay process” and still it got hit.
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I agree. The person who will persist with a grievance against, or in the disciplining of, a problem mother is an older woman.
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