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2011-01-27

Gender inequality and equality

Comments on Steve Harris “Find room at the top for women”, 27/01/2011, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/find-room-at-the-top-for-women/story-e6frg6zo-1225995061393

This kind of mechanical approach to gender equality, that is, by "fixed targets of 40 per cent female representation on boards and senior management teams for July 2013 for all publicly funded bodies, and July 2015 for all publicly listed companies, with real financial incentives or penalties across contracts, accreditation, research grants, subsidies and taxation to drive it home", is nonsense.

It is inherently unequal if the market mechanism is to be based. It is not based on the principle of rewarding according to performance.

The use of Norway, a tiny country, as an example or model in this respect is appalling. Norway in a number of areas is on the extreme and what it does has serious efficiency effects. Why should Australia learn from that?

If people with the responsibility to educate others are thinking like this or fixated with such a poor approach, how can we expect that Australia can improve its efficiency and equality?

Harris' idea is no different to asking for man to give birth to babies so man and woman are equal! That is his concept of gender equality!

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