Is this not sexist??

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kitty Total Posts : 36528 Reward points : 7720 Joined: 26/08/2003 Location: Chorley, Lancashire Status: offline Read my TROG	Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 17:20 (permalink) http://news.sky.com/home/politics/article/16166921 I'm sure males would also make use of this particularly those who are single and earning well but not particularly domesticated!! Sponsored by Muscle Finesse
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Bookerman Total Posts : 3232 Reward points : 8864 Joined: 10/02/2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 17:42 (permalink) Saw this the other day, tax breaks if you take on a cleaner or a chef. Camerons clearly got his finger on the pulse of the common working man/woman. "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell
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kitty Total Posts : 36528 Reward points : 7720 Joined: 26/08/2003 Location: Chorley, Lancashire Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 17:47 (permalink) But it does allow someone earning a little more to help lower unemployment by taking on a cleaner. Sponsored by Muscle Finesse
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RobW Total Posts : 976 Reward points : 6837 Joined: 27/10/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 17:50 (permalink) So the suggestion is we would have more women in senior managment/board positions if they didn't have to do as much washing up?
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Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 18:16 (permalink)

it is a sexist idea BUT we live in a world where women are often not paid equally to men in similar roles etc so maybe this means we need somthing like this to make it swing further our way?

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Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 18:27 (permalink)

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it is a sexist idea BUT we live in a world where women are often not paid equally to men in similar roles etc so maybe this means we need somthing like this to make it swing further our way?

Well no.. there should be legislation to ensure equal pay for equal work... This type of legislation that benefits just one section of society ends up being dividing us further...

I live in Finland, one of the most equal places you can live with with much less division between men and women... BUT, they still have national service, JUST FOR MEN.... funny old world..

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Rachfit Total Posts : 2873 Reward points : 2600 Joined: 21/10/2009 Location: Nottingham Status: online Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 18:28 (permalink) you are right about what they SHOULD pay & legislation mate! *'You can only manage what you can measure'* Rachel France DipITS,MBCA Master Trainer Specialist Biomechanics Coach (Injury 'prevention', Low Back Health & Resistance Specialist)
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kitty Total Posts : 36528 Reward points : 7720 Joined: 26/08/2003 Location: Chorley, Lancashire Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 18:30 (permalink) RobW So the suggestion is we would have more women in senior managment/board positions if they didn't have to do as much washing up? Well if that's the case then the husbands need to muck in more #runs and hides# Sponsored by Muscle Finesse
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RobW Total Posts : 976 Reward points : 6837 Joined: 27/10/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 18:32 (permalink) kitty RobW So the suggestion is we would have more women in senior managment/board positions if they didn't have to do as much washing up? Well if that's the case then the husbands need to muck in more #runs and hides# No I agree 100%... My wife and I split it based on what we dislike least
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Reborn Total Posts : 16588 Reward points : 4221 Joined: 30/05/2008 Location: Sutton, Surrey Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 18:56 (permalink) Wow, talk about a scheme that is open to abuse. MT All Round Member of the Year 2011
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RobW Total Posts : 976 Reward points : 6837 Joined: 27/10/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 19:00 (permalink) Reborn Wow, talk about a scheme that is open to abuse. Yep I'm buying a dress and a wig tomorrow...
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Irish Beast Total Posts : 16041 Reward points : 5593 Joined: 12/04/2006 Location: Liverpool Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 19:06 (permalink) RobW Reborn Wow, talk about a scheme that is open to abuse. Yep I'm buying a dress and a wig tomorrow... PM me :-)
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johnny bravo Total Posts : 5609 Reward points : 6135 Joined: 10/05/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 19:15 (permalink) Irish Beast RobW Reborn Wow, talk about a scheme that is open to abuse. Yep I'm buying a dress and a wig tomorrow... PM me :-) pmsl. "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"
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johnny bravo Total Posts : 5609 Reward points : 6135 Joined: 10/05/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 19:21 (permalink) "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"
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RobW Total Posts : 976 Reward points : 6837 Joined: 27/10/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 19:21 (permalink) Irish Beast RobW Reborn Wow, talk about a scheme that is open to abuse. Yep I'm buying a dress and a wig tomorrow... PM me :-) As soon as I've finished shaving my legs... Or does "New Woman" still do that??
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Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 19:23 (permalink)

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No I agree 100%... My wife and I split it based on what we dislike least

LOL, that's exactly what my hubbie said when we moved in together. He said he would do the washing up, then went out and bought a dish washer, said he would do the garden then got a gardener, then said he would do the vacuuming and got a cleaner in!! I was left with the washing, ironing and cooking!! No chef or laundry maiden for me LOL!! Haven't got any now, I do the lot (I work few hours from home, he's out full time so it's only fair)

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RobW Total Posts : 976 Reward points : 6837 Joined: 27/10/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 19:28 (permalink) I do the man stuff like plough snow (almost every day 6 months of the year), cut grass, prep/cook our "healthy meals"
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Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 22:38 (permalink)

surely equality should be about creating equal opportunity for everyone - not just rewarding people of a certain 'group' from being for that group by forcing quotas?

what next - not enough black CEO's so a certain amount of CEO's have to be black? then we have enough woman CEO's and enough black CEO's...but not enough black woman CEO's...so need more black woman CEO's!

i always found it incredulous that when applying for jobs you have to fill out a form stating your ethnicity. gender. political perspective for equal employment purposes. its so retarded it doesnt need explaining how its so retarded. its so retarded words and explanations will never give it full justice as to how retarded it is :(

as for this the sexism is the least of the problems here, its the obvious upper class entitlement we expect to see from cameron and the tories being delivered to us on a diamond encrusted platter. obviously if anything came of this idea the media would find a way to spin it so the public (and majority of MT members) would love it

in the odd case this ridiculous idea actually goes anywhere ill bump this thread :P

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BIGDOWNUNDER Total Posts : 6321 Reward points : 6018 Joined: 12/10/2005 Location: Stralia Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 22:57 (permalink) Bring it to Aus!!!-my Mrs owns a cleaning business How dare you queston my heritage!! theirs a bottle of HP sauce in my fridge.
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Re:Is this not sexist?? 10 February 2012 23:31 (permalink)

Kaldog, actually agree with your first part of your post. Yes, apply it to race and it makes you see it differently! As for filling out the forms, they're not usually compulsory and are just for national stats office. If people on a higher income bracket can help employment by having domestic help, is that really such a bad thing? That's how society used to run, I know we need to progress but distribution of wealth in that manner is surely better than people being dole scroungers?