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Tag Archives: pay gap
It is a gift! A gift of … Alasdair Thompson?
Alasdair Thompson is back, like a nasty, self-centred rich white zombie, seeking brains. And boy oh boy is he unable to let things go. In 2011 he was the subject of an international media furore for saying that some women’s productivity … Continue reading
It’s just so hard to measure sexism, because, you know, sexism
Thursday 21 February marked the day that New Zealand women effectively stopped working for free – in comparison to their male counterparts. This was marked on the Green Party’s Facebook page, and almost instantly a very common argument was raised: … Continue reading
The reality of gender discrimination – in science
In my post on the gender pay gap and school performance – and the apparent disconnect between the two – I pondered thus: Maybe it’s as callous as this: boys doing less well at school is a problem because it … Continue reading
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Tagged blinded me with science, pay gap, privilege is bliss, recommended reading
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The gender pay gap and school performance
Beppie has a great post up at Hoyden About Town about the head-deskingly obvious connection between the increasing gender pay gap and the on-the-surface-contradictory gender school performance gap. I would hypothesise, quite simply, that boys don’t work as hard at … Continue reading
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Tagged delicious hypocrisy, double standards are double the fun, pay gap
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Maybe he was PMSing
Alasdair Thompson, creepy bullying sexist pig extraordinaire, has lost in his (and his wife’s!) complaint against the Broadcasting Standards Authority. A complaint which basically reads “how dare you quote my exact sexist words, you’re making me look sexist!” The lack-of-self-awareness … Continue reading
If only our silly feminine intuition counted as “proof”
No Right Turn has the skinny on what happens when you call National’s bluff on the gender pay gap: … in order to get evidence that a gender pay gap exists, you need evidence that a gender pay gap exists. … Continue reading
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Tagged election year, gender issues, helen kelly, pay gap, recommended reading, rightwing douchebags
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Down Under Feminists’ Carnival XL: bigger, better, more punnage
Welcome to the 40th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival. I am your stunning hostess, Queen of Thorns, “QoT” to my friends and “single-handed destroyer of progressive NZ politics” to my trolls. I’m entirely enamoured of the fact that 40 in Roman … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s-families-first, abortion, academia, beauty standards, bettina arndt, blinded me with science, blogosphere, bodily autonomy, body policing bullshit, bras are tools of patriarchy, breasts, bridal industrial complex, david parker, disability, domestic violence, double standards are double the fun, dufc, fat, geekiness, george rr martin, health, heteronormativity, hone harawira, identity politics, literature, michael lhaws, nom nom nom, parenting, pay gap, poverty, pregnancy, privilege is bliss, pro-choice, pro-life isn't, pseudohealth, race, rape: it's not fucking okay, recommended reading, religion, reproductive rights, right to zygote life, scarequotes, sex industry, social media, transfolk, welfare, women who rock
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Another dinosaur bites the dust
Alasdair Thompson has been sacked by the EMA (oh look, apparently we aren’t a country swimming in red tape where it’s impossible to get rid of obviously incompetent employees*). Line of the day has to go to The End Is … Continue reading
If it quacks like a sexist duck …
Originally guest-posted at The Standard. I suppose one must be grateful to Alasdair Thompson for one thing; at least he didn’t imply that we feeble little women should just avoid all sudden movement lest our ovaries fall out. (This is … Continue reading
