Finally we now know the truth about why women get paid less than men.
Well known woman's expert, New Zealander Employers and Manufacturers Association chief executive Alasdair Thompson gave his his enlighted and expert opnion on the matter:
"Let me get down to tin tacks. The fact is women have babies. They take time out of their careers.
"Looks at who takes the most sick leave. Women do, in general, why? Because once a month they have sick problems. Not all women, but some do they have children they have to take time off to go home and take leave of...
"I don't like saying this because it sounds like I'm sexist but it's a fact of life."
Finally, a man has had the guts to say what we women have been trying to hide for decades! We deliberately sabotage our salaries by taking sick days off every month because we bleed and have cramps AND because we have to rush off to look after the kids everytime they sneeze
End sarcasm.
Its this kind of sexist attitude (note how he, like a racist who says hes not racist, he claims he isn't sexist) that is the TRUE reason why women everywhere in every country get paid far less than men.
As a matter of fact, as one friend told me on facebook, its a sign of our strength that we don't take sick days when we get our periods. Some women have really bad periods. Its no picnic to bleed every month. But we women are strong,
We have periods and we have babies. That does not make us weak. It makes us strong. But some men in the workforce, particularly at the higher levels, use that as an excuse to keep paying us far less money than their fellow men do.
Its total bullshit and it needs to be confronted. The fact that this particular man is in charge a Employers Association is not a surprise. He has just said what a lot of employers either think or use as an excuse to keep us down.
If he walks like a sexist and talks like one....
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