Jordan Peterson & Ben Shapiro etc keep denying the gender pay gap saying women are naturally drawn / suited to lower paid roles. e.g maternity...(see tweet 3)
But they never complete that thought: That it's acceptable for women to generally have less financial power than men.
But they never complete that thought: That it's acceptable for women to generally have less financial power than men.
I just watched this video where Shapiro argues that maternity is such a blessing that women should chose it over a job.
Weird how that's not coupled with any sort of plan to rebalance the economy in favour of mothers: "You mothers are heroes but you don't deserve actual money!"
Weird how that's not coupled with any sort of plan to rebalance the economy in favour of mothers: "You mothers are heroes but you don't deserve actual money!"
Not only do these people ignore the fact they're part of the very propaganda that deprives women of access to higher paid jobs... But they praise lower paid roles which are essential to the functioning of society but have no intention of paying the real value of that labour.
Fortunately, we don't have any Handmaid's Tale types like @benshapiro and Peterson in the mainstream UK media, but given that the gender pay gap (difference in average salary between genders) exists... clearly those kind of attitudes are simply going unstated.
Actually... my boss when I was 23 did once state it, when I was alone with him.
He bluntly said there were too many strong-willed women in the office before, and that he'd succeeded in thinning their numbers. He also complained about them going off and "having bleeding babies".
He bluntly said there were too many strong-willed women in the office before, and that he'd succeeded in thinning their numbers. He also complained about them going off and "having bleeding babies".
Full Disclosure:
I can only apologise that I didn't speak out against that boss. By way of explanation, not excuse, I was a temp worker and I was alone with the commercial director of the company so it would have been my word against his.
Ben Shapiro's narrative just annoyed me.
I can only apologise that I didn't speak out against that boss. By way of explanation, not excuse, I was a temp worker and I was alone with the commercial director of the company so it would have been my word against his.
Ben Shapiro's narrative just annoyed me.
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