Hard Talk

[sammmo]

This morning about 4.45 I was watching Hard talk on TV and there was a feminist..Saying that the feminist movement has still got a long way to go to become equal with men..I personally think they have more rights than men..and 40 yrs ago she had a point.. but is there any need for a feminist movement in the UK now?

[Mosaic]

More than ever.
Who would have thought the feminist movement would thirty years on have created a Britain where the pressure on girls to be 'fit' and available sexually is greater than ever before?
The greatest ambition expressed by many young girls is to sh@g footballers.

What kind of equality have we created?

[katekoala]

I cannot see how women are completely equal, when the work pay differs so much ?!

yes, there are many women that exploit certain rights (sexual harrassments/discrimination etc) but i cannot imagine how we are anywhere near to being an equal country/world or whatever.

As Mosiac quite rightly puts it - you only need to pick up a magazine (aimed at women!) showing half naked & picture perfect celebs -- not exactly promoting intelligence and beauty within is it.?!

All girls now want to do is be a WAG - what a sorry state of affairs where women dont even have the confidence or self worth to become something much more important.

Plus - you still always have the hyprocritical - men sleeping around is a stud, and a compliment ---- a girl does it, and she's a sl*g - an insult.


they are just a few examples

[chanel5]

Women are still very under-represented in the upper echelons of business and professional careers. For example, most primary school teachers are women, but most primary school headmasters are men. Men are more likely than women to be promoted to staff management levels, and traditionally "female" jobs such as nursing, cleaning, and childcare are the most lowly paid. Female graduates are less likely than male graduates to be in fulltime employment one year after graduation, and when a rapist/murderer is on the loose in any particular area, it is the WOMEN who are told to stay indoors, when it would actually make more sense to make all the MEN stay indoors so that any man seen out would be known to be up to no good.
Equality?? Huh! We still have a long way to go.

[sammmo]

I agree that out of the uk there is a need for a feminist movement but i think feminists in this country are just moaning for moanings sake..that woman on tv was obviousy intelligent but she,s wasting her time trying to be a modern day pankhurst because hardly anyones listening are they?