So Friday night was quite a good night out, we stayed local and a few of us went to a tapas place and then on to a bar after that. Being a Friday night we were charged entry; £2 for ladies, £3 for guys.
Now, I don’t have a problem with this kind of entry fee, I understand bars/clubs want ladies through their doors, because let’s face it, a good party has loads of gorgeous girls there. Also, men in general aren’t really too concerned about this kind of discrimination. Essentially though, that is what we’re talking about here: discrimination.
Generally, men do get a better deal than women though. Statistics still show that comparatively, men are paid more than women for doing the same work, so why shouldn’t it be cheaper for ladies to get entry into a bar? But let’s for a moment imagine it costs £2 for white people and £3 for black people, could you imagine the outrage it would cause? It is no different to discriminate against someone based on their race as it is based on their sex.
The whole thing really isn’t a problem at all, but small things like this should be noted when considering equality in modern society.
For the record, the place was packed out with blokes anyway.
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We need to be carefull with so called 'comparative studies' as they often fail to compare like for like. For Instance a man who has worked at his job for 10 years and is earning £45'000 compared to a woman who has worked with the firm for ten years. But during which time had two children, and the ensuing maternity leave, perhaps also returning to work part-time while her children were too young for pre-school. Will not have worked the same amount of time, have the same expereince, maintained relationships with stakeholders in the business (customers, management, fellow workers) and perhaps not be as well versed in new industry developments & new systems introduced during her absence. This means she may not be as elligible for promotion as the man who has worked the whole way through. So he gets promoted or given a pay increase to incentivise him to stay with the company. Which takes on to the ugly point that women with children are significantly less likely to disrupt their domestic arrangements by changing jobs. Women are also often made to feel guilty upon return to work after maternity leave and that they 'owe' their employer for their support during their pregnancy. Therefore management feel she is less of a flight risk. Inequality exists, and perhaps always will but a studied look at the causes is better than bleating off shoddilly compiled studies.
Hey, thanks for your comment. It does appear to me though that you have completely missed the point I was trying to make.
You will notice I did not actually cite a particular study at all, so whethere they are shodilly compiled or not, I would not know. Indeed my mention of this particular statistic is incidental to the crux of the posting. Whether these 'statistics' are refutable or not, the issue is that often we hear much noise of discrimination towards women, but scarecly do men complain when it is directed towards them.
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