Ha not really, I’m a dude. Someone asked me a feminism question recently though which you might like to see:

she wanted to know why men hate equality and why there was problem with her wanting 50% of all engineers, presidents and company executives to be female.

(I said:) I don’t think most men have a problem with ‘equality’ but with ‘feminism’ (not its literal meaning but what the term has become associated with).

Men tend to associate ‘feminism’ with ‘political correctness’ in circumstances which aren’t always practical or just daft. For example, men are physically stronger to fight on the front line in the army than women. If life’s are at risk then having half men and half women for the sake of ‘equality’ is unnecessary. Similarly men might find multi-tasking in a different job more difficult in comparison to a woman. 

Why do you want all jobs to be shared right down the middle? Most people chose a job based on their own interests and technically a woman can chose whatever job she wishes to. Women can not be discriminated against for her sex (fighting on the frontline for the army is an exception, although not the army itself). 

There are plenty of women running companies, although one reason there is more men might be that women bare children. Looking after a child in the early stages of their lives is more important than any ‘career’. It’s actually become a modern trend for women to have children late in life to further their careers, which is very bad for their health. 

In short people the people who are chosen for jobs should be those who are best suited to it- irrelevant of what sex, skin colour, race, religion they are. ‘Feminism’ on the other hand pressures people to employ someone based on their sex, which is the opposite of ‘equality’.

A job should be given on merit, skills ascertained for the job, and experience in the field. A job should not be handed out on the basis of age, race, or gender. But that’s just my wee opinion.

I’ve worked for several women and thoroughly enjoyed my time under their management. I tend to get away with more while working under women.

Cap’n – I think Mary Coughlan is precisely the standard of representative we would get as a result of positive discrimination. God help us all.
.-= Grandad´s last brainfart .. The best laid plans =-.

She seemed to be unaware that the most senior banking advisor to the Cabinet Office since 2006 was a woman, ex-Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse bloody non-dom who also managed not to notice £5million going missing from her personal bank accounts (her PA was embezzling it).

There was no shortage of females either on the Northern Rock board or in the other banks that went bad.

Thats the level we are at with female ministers in the UK- Harriet Harperson is a running joke, Jackie Smith another one who reaches for the gender stick every time she’s asked a question to which she doesn’t know the answer (lied her head off during a debate on trafficking and prostitution ’80% of prostitutes are trafficked’ says the brave Jackie only to be told by the English Collective of Prostitutes she was talking made-up bollocks).

The best bosses I’ve had have been female and any one of them would turn over these rubbish examples of women who’ve made a career out of a background threat of suing for discrimination.

As for Mary Coughlan ..? Well what a fucking boost that was to female empowerment.

Martin – You are my favourite [virtual] grandson.  I’m afraid Laughingboy has to take the #1 spot.  Does that mean I’m about to become a Great Grandad?

Kerryview – Skinny?  Well rounded?  Who cares so long as the right bits are in the right places?

Cat – Feel free.  It’s not a word I use often, but occasionally it’s called for.

Not Twitter – I don’t think there is a soul on earth brave enough to investigate.

Gromit1469 – I agree entirely.  Ability should be the only qualification.  Race, colour, gender or creed have fuck all to do with it.

Kae – Precisely.  Posivive discrimination is just as bad as discrimination in that gives a false imbalance of abilities.

TT – Designed by whom?  Take your pick – God? Nature?  Evolution? Don’t get all philosophical on me now.  My commenters are a lovely lot, but they can think for themselves.  They only agree with me because I have my finger on the pulse!

I thought you had served your sentence?