[Ammi]

Originally Posted by the truth

how many female plumbers, electricians, handmen, roadsweepers, bricklayers, tarmackers, coal miners, railway bridge builders, do you know? thats right hardly any. no one is stopping women from working towards doing these jobs, they simply dont bother. ask yourself why are the majority of those in the boardrooms men? because they work their whole lives to get there. that means working harder and longer and better. They also die younger, yet women have the spending power and the choices. what choices do men have? none. they must work till theyre 65 or they will be cast aside.

yes we can create artificial opportunities for women but having women only shortlists, but there is no short cut to the top or even to become a specialist or to run a successful business.

poinsonous ads like this are an insult to all men.

how would women like it if we ran an ad where the men do all the work all year every year and earned all the money and the women were seen to just going out and wasting it?

show me the female brunel, michaelangelo, howard hughes, albert einstein, alexander graham bell, armytage shanks, show me the line of female plumbers and sparkies? when that day comes I will accept women work as hard, until that day, lets all just lie about it to keep the peace. got to go know Ive got to get back to work to pay for my family like all working men

..I think sexism works both ways though...if trades were promoted more to females and advertised with females doing them then I think it would make others want to also...it’s the same really as you being offended at the Asda advert, when you feel males are discriminated against...the trades you mention have been in the past ‘traditionally male’ ...and females should be encouraged more, otherwise sexist attitudes will always exist....