Comments on: Don’t blame the patriarchy! Blame biology!

By: Jacob Ward

Jacob Ward — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:46:25 +0000

Guardian=lefty rubbish The Times, now there’s a proper paper. Joking aside (fuck me, I’m turning into Arthur! Aaah), I would have thought British newspapers would have been a little more mature about it.
I’d guessed it was to to with boys, but nevertheless…it still matters
The only reason I intend to go into teaching is because I’d like to be an historian and the only way so to do is to sit around in a university and teach the odd person from time to time. In order to pursue what I will call out of a small soft spot for cliches ‘my dream’ I am happy not to have piles of money, though I can see how this would discourage some.
New scheme…sequester footballers’ wages and give them to impoverished teachers

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:32:39 +0000

I know, there really ought to be more of an incentive to be a teacher – not everyone is willing to do it out of the goodness of their hearts.

No, dear, a scary amount of women are very sexist. It’s a sad state of affairs.

Things may have improved, but I’m not sure that they are improving so much of late – so many seem to think that we’ve got equality so ‘what’s all the fuss about?’

Oh Jakey, surely you know by now that sex has everything to do with it in the American elections? It’s crazy, but it’s true. The middle name thing – never seen that un before. Weird…

But I’m afraid it won’t shake my view of the Guardian as one of the best newspapers produced – normally they have very balanced approaches to such things.

Oh and Cassie says ’she’s fine’ by the way – I have like zilch credit so I’ll say here, as I know you’re checking this more than you probably ought Apparently it was something to do with boys – you know how it is. She was very touched that you were concerned though – I got the text when I was sitting with the family so they had to be informed, lol.

By: Jacob Ward

Jacob Ward — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:55:18 +0000

Also see this What does her sex have anything to do with it? And why is Clinton now referred to with both her forename and middle names? Bloody Guardian.

By: Jacob Ward

Jacob Ward — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:28:51 +0000

I think it’s ridiculous that people are paid money to play a game. If I were in charge there would be a massive tax on all highly paid sportsmen, with penalties if they set particularly bad examples to their massive following amongst youngsters. There is no financial incentive whatsoever to become a teacher, which is why there are so few and we had such shit new recruits towards the end of Priory.
I’d assumed only a man could be so sexist, but apparently not.
I think things are improving, and this is reflected in the stats., but as ever, progress, however much you dislike the word, is slow.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:15:09 +0000

Her, my dear. Dr Susan Pinker.

And while there are more women than before in ‘top’ jobs, the statistics are still awful, actually. But that doesn’t mean that women don’t want them, or that by being more compassionate it’s natural for them to want jobs with more ‘contact’ – it means that we live under a patriarchy, and that it is made incredibly difficult for women to get to these ‘top’ jobs.

On a vaguely related issue – why are the ‘compassionate’ jobs paid so little? I think it’s a travesty that a professional footballer is paid more than a teacher. Or, perhaps a better example – students can earn in a day’s work at Waitrose what many teaching assistants earn in a week. And that, my friends, is the price we put on our children’s educations.

By: Jacob Ward

Jacob Ward — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:08:53 +0000

In recent years there have been more successful female entrepeneurs than male, and an increasing number of women in the ‘top’ jobs, which would presumably help in the compilation of a massive pile of statistics contrary to that relying-on-eight-year-olds tit’s findings WITH WHICH TO BEAT HIM TO DEATH!

…Always with the practical answers Jacob