Comments on: International Women’s Day – 6 March 2008 http://hreocblog.com/2008/03/06/international-women%e2%80%99s-day-%e2%80%93-6-march-2008/ blog.humanrights.gov.au Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Dawson http://hreocblog.com/2008/03/06/international-women%e2%80%99s-day-%e2%80%93-6-march-2008/#comment-461 Dawson Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:10:21 +0000 http://hreocblog.com/2008/03/06/international-women%e2%80%99s-day-%e2%80%93-6-march-2008/#comment-461 Yes to many of the causes you've mentioned. BUT, what's unique about women's work & family balance? All the father's I know have this issue also. Especially when unfairly stuck in the social norm of being the 'provider'. Yes to many of the causes you’ve mentioned. BUT, what’s unique about women’s work & family balance? All the father’s I know have this issue also. Especially when unfairly stuck in the social norm of being the ‘provider’.

]]> By: Luke http://hreocblog.com/2008/03/06/international-women%e2%80%99s-day-%e2%80%93-6-march-2008/#comment-410 Luke Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:34:38 +0000 http://hreocblog.com/2008/03/06/international-women%e2%80%99s-day-%e2%80%93-6-march-2008/#comment-410 I am a little confused by the statement "true equality", ie true sameness. When discussing the notion of equality, for some reason all attention is focussed on CEO positions, corporation boards etc - commonly referred to as boy clubs. While men make up around 55% of the workforce, they also make up around 85% of work-related deaths. Perhaps this is in part due to the fact men are also around 85% of those employed in the most hazardous and dangerous jobs in this country - the "death professions". This is both unequal and inequitable. I believe this constitutes sexual discrimination against men. Mentioning "equal pay for equal work" and ignoring the trade-offs men and women make to obtain more money, or not looking at the various sub-fields within professions that men and women choose which determine income, we miss the evidence that suggests men and women do get paid the same money for equal experience, time in the position, productivity and knowledge. Perhaps rather than only developing organisations such as the Office for the Stause of Women, CEDAW (and no such groups for men) and others we should support both genders in managing a work-life balance that is appropriate and equitable for men and women in this country. I am a little confused by the statement “true equality”, ie true sameness. When discussing the notion of equality, for some reason all attention is focussed on CEO positions, corporation boards etc - commonly referred to as boy clubs. While men make up around 55% of the workforce, they also make up around 85% of work-related deaths. Perhaps this is in part due to the fact men are also around 85% of those employed in the most hazardous and dangerous jobs in this country - the “death professions”. This is both unequal and inequitable. I believe this constitutes sexual discrimination against men.

Mentioning “equal pay for equal work” and ignoring the trade-offs men and women make to obtain more money, or not looking at the various sub-fields within professions that men and women choose which determine income, we miss the evidence that suggests men and women do get paid the same money for equal experience, time in the position, productivity and knowledge. Perhaps rather than only developing organisations such as the Office for the Stause of Women, CEDAW (and no such groups for men) and others we should support both genders in managing a work-life balance that is appropriate and equitable for men and women in this country.

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