[Matt10k]

Originally posted by Dr43%er
Lots of sound bites with no fact to base it on.

Lets just take one. Higher male unemployment. Have you ever thought that this may be due to women filling the low paid jobs? Go to your local Asda/Tesco and the like. Count the number of men and women on the till. You will be lucky to see 10% of them are men. Women are more likely to take a minimum pay job. This is repeated in non skilled factory's, warehouses, restaurants/bars. Male pride stops them stacking shelves. They would rather claim dole. Over all the average wage for a woman is lower than then of a man. What would you rather have. A lower wage and a male only gym or the other way round?

I am not saying there is no inequality, but it is on both side. The paper you printed has as much value as a political manifesto.

Strange. My first job at 16 was in a restaurant and there were more male waiters working there. I then worked in asda at 18 and there were, as you say more women on the tills but there were also more men stacking the shelves.

So you see, your personal experience that you have seen more women working low end jobs counts for little unless you have statistical evidence to back it up.

Thus, the sources the OP listed (if true) still hold more merit than your/ our hearsay...