Interesting article by Polly Toynbee in Guardian Unlimited about the report from the Women and Work Commission on the pay gap between men and women in Britain. She hasn’t said anything very original but some truths are worth pointing out – and thinking about – repeatedly. She starts off with her usual, sardonic brand of humour.
Women are so silly, that’s their problem. They really are their own worst enemy. Despite girls’ better exam results, they insist on doing soft arty stuff when they should be doing physics like the men from Mars. If only they would become engineers instead of beauticians. Oh why can’t a woman be more like a man? Professor Higgins seems to have breathed on this report from the Women and Work Commission, launched yesterday by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Low pay is their own fault; if only they would aim higher and try harder, they would be paid more. So what they really need is more guidance. » Read the rest of this entry «
