Disgraceful example of out and out sexism
Men who grow up thinking women should stay at home may be labelled "old-fashioned" - but could end up well ahead in the salary stakes.
A US study, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, suggests that they will consistently out-earn more "modern-thinking" men. On average, this meant an extra $8,500 (£4,722) a year.
One UK psychologist said men inclined to wield power in their relationships might also do this at work.
That commercial is something else!
ReplyDeleteAch let them get on with dick swinging I say
ReplyDeleteNow boys!
ReplyDeleteAlternatively, it could be thought that men/women with stay-at-home wives/husbands need to earn more money to keep her/him indoors in the manner to which she/he has become accustomed and therefore are more assertive (or could that be desperate?) when it comes to asking for a pay rise?
ReplyDeleteBeing a sole bread-winner must have it's pressures, as well as the compensations of coming home to a cooked dinner and clean shirts/blouses, I guess.
Great ad though James, almost as good as the launderette one when the guy strips off and puts his jeans in the washing machine. I still think about that ad on a regular basis.
Am I sexist do you think? Hope so.
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Guys (well not just guys) wielding the power like that makes me think of a 7 letter word beginning with f...
ReplyDeleteI don't think if the woman stays at home and he works, it is necessarily him wielding power...some happily choose that way of life. I had to laugh at Jam's comment.
ReplyDeleteWell they can wield all the power they like at work but they better not try that at home. Marriage is a partnership. All that talk of submissive was quite nauseating.
ReplyDeleteSM - could well be and good to see you again.
ReplyDeleteCherie - Don't you mean one four letter word, followed by a three letter word? :)
Nunyaa - Right.
JMB - An equal partnership? :)
Equal partnership? In what sense would you mean James? Contributing equally with their talents, making joint decisions for the good of the whole?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that two men in business together, one bringing the ideas, the other the capital would consider themselves equal partners.
If you mean earning more money gives some kind of balance of power to one side, what would you say about the woman ophthalmologist earning twice what her GP husband earns? This skews the marriage partnership towards her side? I don't think so. Or in the case of the former woman president of the our local university while her husband was merely a professor at a half the salary or less of his "boss", do you think this fact gave her some kind of superiority in their marriage?
Or in the relatively rare but not unknown cases where the husband chooses to stay home for some years while the wife is the breadwinner, do you think that person is not an equal partner in the marriage? I think the one you and I both know would argue that very strongly.
I'm sure you'll have the last word here James but it is very easy to make blanket statements however the reality is that every marriage is different because every person is different and when two people come together in a marriage they create their own unique dynamics. Maybe it suits some to be "submissive" however one really defines that in a marriage, male or female, because of laziness or because it frees them to concentrate on other things. Keep an open mind here James.
Reading this one could come to the conclusion partnership / marriage were about who makes more money and thus gains more power.
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought, it was about love ...
Yes, Sean, that's what I thought but I promised I'd let JMB have the last word. :)
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