Gender Pay Equality
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Not exactly about the gender pay gap, but have a read of this from Yoshiro Mori (past prime Minister) here in Japan who is not doing much to break down the idea that corporate Japan is a place for old crusty men:
Meetings with women 'take so much time,' says Japan Olympics chief
TOKYO -- Board meetings with a lot of women "take so much time," the president of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee said Wednesday in addressing a government initiative to increase representation of female directors.
"Women have a strong sense of competition," said Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister, at a meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee. "If one person raises their hand, others probably think, I need to say something too. That's why everyone speaks."
In line with Japan's corporate governance code, the JOC has set a goal of raising the ratio of female directors to 40%. Mori's comments came as he discussed the steps taken for the Tokyo Olympics.
"The Education Ministry has been making a fuss about increasing female directors," Mori said.
"If I say too much, the newspapers are going to write that I said bad things, but I heard somebody say that if we are to increase the number of female board members, we have to regulate speaking time to some extent, or else we'll never be able to finish. I am not going to say who said that," he continued.
"We have about seven women on our (Olympic) committee," Mori said. "They are experienced in international arenas. That's why their talk is sophisticated, gets to the point, and they are very useful."
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Totally not true. The hide of the man. None of us have ever thought women talk too much.
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@antipodean said in Gender Pay Equality:
@gt12 he doesn't seem to have a problem with women who know what they're talking about.
Yeah, to be fair - the main-point of his comments did ring true with me...
- "If one person raises their hand, others probably think, I need to say something too. That's why everyone speaks."
...It's just that it isn't women that this is relevant to... but stupid people.
The number of meetings/conference-calls/discussions I've been in... and people just asking inane questions, or making fucking-obvious comments, or just "Yes, okay buddy, so you've just re-iterated what I literally just fucking said, but in stupid-talk"Fuck you work.
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Dunno about women talking too much, but I once had two women square off against each other in business meeting - one was trying to hit the other with her shoe.
Bloody scary stuff - made testosterone-fuelled, BSD Directors look like wimps.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Gender Pay Equality:
Dunno about women talking too much, but I once had two women square off against each other in business meeting - one was trying to hit the other with her shoe.
Bloody scary stuff - made testosterone-fuelled, BSD Directors look like wimps.
Sounds like you were quite a demanding boss.
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@Bones said in Gender Pay Equality:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Gender Pay Equality:
Dunno about women talking too much, but I once had two women square off against each other in business meeting - one was trying to hit the other with her shoe.
Bloody scary stuff - made testosterone-fuelled, BSD Directors look like wimps.
Sounds like you were quite a demanding boss.
I wish.
EDIT: They were both quite hot, as I recall. One was a tall willowy blonde, the other a petite, very fit dancer.
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Mori is the biggest f#ckwit ever. How he got the gig is beyond me.
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well well well, how the turntables
It appears the Qld police, in their efforts to achieve 50% female recruitment, ended up blocking 200 more qualified male candidates from graduating. Six women graduating despite not making the grade to even enter the academy.
The Crime and Corruption Commission have given them a whack, and 3 people look to have lost their jobs (wait, just suspended). You would imagine not the 3 who made the policy decision though.
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@siam said in Gender Pay Equality:
I often wonder why the push for 50/50 representation never seems to apply to primary schools?
I thought it did? I don’t know about right now but for some time there has been a push to get more male primary school teachers.
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@crucial said in Gender Pay Equality:
@siam said in Gender Pay Equality:
I often wonder why the push for 50/50 representation never seems to apply to primary schools?
I thought it did? I don’t know about right now but for some time there has been a push to get more male primary school teachers.
Or have I misunderstood?A push - as in no extra benefits or incentives.
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@frank said in Gender Pay Equality:
@siam said in Gender Pay Equality:
I often wonder why the push for 50/50 representation never seems to apply to primary schools?
Or sewerage workers......
After 5 years working with the local water authority am astonished at the lack of effort to balance he 100% dominance of male workers at the sewage plants.