Pointless government

As a woman, I am all for equality. With that being said, parts of the recent Equality Bill are just silly and meaningless.

The recent Equality Bill is now allowing 'positive discrimination' in hiring practices. That is, employers can now favour women or ethnic-minority applicants over equally qualified males. This law doesn't require the employer to hire the minority, so if they are both equally qualified what is the point in the legislation? The male could still be hired if the employer sees their personality working better for the job. This is just another example of pointless legislation that causes the state to interfere.

The proposal is said to tackle the ‘problem’ of men dominating industries such as construction. Apparently women only make up 1 percent of the construction workforce. Honestly that doesn't surprise me, nor does it bother me. I don't know too many women who want to work in construction or who are qualified. Strength and physical fitness are important elements in entering the construction field and I'm sure if a woman was interested in this area and did hold the requisite muscularity she could find an employer.

In the end, this part of the bill is a purely symbolic legislation that is unnecessary and intrudes upon private business and also sets a standard that forces employers to categorize people into separate pools such as woman, minority or male instead of evaluating them as individuals, impartially and equally.

Creeping Sexist Destruction Of The Language
written by Craig, June 29, 2008

"The male could still be hired if the employer sees their personality working better for the job."

Since we're talking about political correctness here, how about a little less in your writing.

"The male could still be hired if the employer sees *his* personality working better for the job" would be more accurate and infinitely more pleasant-sounding.

I agree with the point of your post, but, please, let's not use the grotesque grammar of feminism especially when criticising it.

Now who is being PC ?
written by Alasdair, June 30, 2008

Silly Craig - the male referenced is *obviously* gifted with Multiple-Personality Disorder, and is being mainstreamed into the workforce to comply with the relevant percentage of MPD-gifted people - and he only requires one paycheque, too !

Written by Cate Schafer
Sunday, 29 June 2008
As a woman, I am all for equality. With that being said, parts of the recent Equality Bill are just silly and meaningless. The recent Equality Bill is now allowing 'positive discrimination' in hiring practices. That is, employers can now favour women or ethnic-minority applicants over equally qualified males. This law doesn't require the employer to hire the minority, so if they are both equally qualified what is the point in the legislation? The male could still be hired if the employer sees their personality working better for the job. This is just another example of pointless legislation that causes the state to interfere. The proposal is said to tackle the ‘problem’ of men dominating industries such as construction. Apparently women only make up 1 percent of the construction workforce. Honestly that doesn't surprise me, nor does it bother me. I don't know too many women who want to work in construction or who are qualified. Strength and physical fitness are important elements in entering the construction field and I'm sure if a woman was interested in this area and did hold the requisite muscularity she could find an employer. In the end, this part of the bill is a purely symbolic legislation that is unnecessary and intrudes upon private business and also sets a standard that forces employers to categorize people into separate pools such as woman, minority or male instead of evaluating them as individuals, impartially and equally. Bookmark Comments (2) Subscribe to this comment's feed Creeping Sexist Destruction Of The Language written by Craig, June 29, 2008 "The male could still be hired if the employer sees their personality working better for the job." Since we're talking about political correctness here, how about a little less in your writing. "The male could still be hired if the employer sees his personality working better for the job" would be more accurate and infinitely more pleasant-sounding. I agree with the point of your post, but, please, let's not use the grotesque grammar of feminism especially when criticising it. Now who is being PC ? written by Alasdair, June 30, 2008 Silly Craig - the male referenced is obviously gifted with Multiple-Personality Disorder, and is being mainstreamed into the workforce to comply with the relevant percentage of MPD-gifted people - and he only requires one paycheque, too ! Write comment This content has been locked. You can no longer post any comment. Powered by Azrul's Jom Comment for Joomla!