Absurd. Where is the compensation for men forced to retire later than women for so long, despite (a) men dying earlier than women, on average, and (b) men paying almost 75% of the income tax which largely pay for state pensions?

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A piece in The Guardian by Fiona Sinclair, CEO of the Leeds international piano competition. An extract:

“Among members of the World Federation of International Music Competitions, men won 82% of the most recent 40 major piano competitions, and more than a third of these had all-male finals. The violin world reveals a striking contrast, where women claim 75% of first prizes.”

You will be shocked to learn Ms Sinclair has nothing to say about the scandalous violin gender gap.

So, what might explain these gender gaps? Obvious explanations include:

1. More men then women play the piano at the highest level, more women than men play the violin at a high level.
2. In an orchestra there is seldom more than one musician playing the piano at any given time. So the pianist’s responsibility for always hitting the right notes is a heavy one. This isn’t true for violinists, who generally play within a large number of violinists – the collective noun is a “coven” – so can make plenty of mistakes without anyone noticing. This large number is a very old job creation scheme for women, as all but one of them could be replaced with a microphone. Plus women like to gossip with other women, so a coven of violinists is an attractive prospect for them.
3. Two aspects of the physical superiority of men over women have a bearing on the matter. Women can’t cover the entire width of the keyboard with their shorter arms, and being weaker than men, are more inclined to carry their violins from concert to concert, rather than their pianos.

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I’m about to settle down to enjoy this, an interview recorded yesterday, just broadcast by GB News. Watch from 5:58, The Nigel’s interview with The Donald ends at 46:43.

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Thanks to the indefatigable Gerry for this in the New York Post. An extract:

“The gender divide was probably most surprising to me,” Lahtinen told PsyPost of Finnish attitudes. “Three out of five women view ‘woke’ ideas positively, but only one out of seven men.”

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Our thanks to Gerry for this. He writes:

“Now we know why women are moving left in their voting choices.” 

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Our thanks to Gerry for this. An extract:

“Richard said ‘one of the most demoralising’ incidents occurred when his wife ordered him to get off their bed as ‘she bought the bed on her credit card’. While he sat on the floor arguing with her, she proceeded to defecate on his head.”

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SCANDALOUS. Our thanks to Gerry for bringing it to our attention.

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