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john

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Man Tax
« on: August 10, 2017, 03:25:18 PM »
Australian Café charges men 18% more than women to reflect the pay gap.

You know what, I think this is a good idea... I'd pay.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/475f0be8-7bd6-4e09-9e31-15f6b7f4b897
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Re: Man Tax
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2017, 03:28:08 PM »
I don't like it, I think it is sexist.

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Re: Man Tax
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2017, 03:31:23 PM »
I don't like it, I think it is sexist.

Yes just like the gender pay gap is.

I'm only guessing here, but I think that may have been the point of the exercise.

Although I don't go along with priority seating - not at my age and with these knees.
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Re: Man Tax
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2017, 03:33:31 PM »
Yes just like the gender pay gap is.

I'm only guessing here, but I think that may have been the point of the exercise.

Probably, but I still don't like it.

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Re: Man Tax
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2017, 03:35:04 PM »
Probably, but I still don't like it.

I can see their might be an element of 2 wrongs don't make a right, so you could be correct in your dislike of it.
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Re: Man Tax
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2017, 04:11:11 PM »
Yeah does seem sexist - bu it is Australia (have I just said something racist ?!?).

I like the priority seating for women, sexist or not.

I've not worked in an area that pays men and women differently but nowadays who does in the UK? In my mum's day, yes. It was an outrage.
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Re: Man Tax
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2017, 07:44:40 PM »
Australian Café charges men 18% more than women to reflect the pay gap.

You know what, I think this is a good idea... I'd pay.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/475f0be8-7bd6-4e09-9e31-15f6b7f4b897
How could you tell if any individual man was paid 18% more than the women in equivalent employment?
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Re: Man Tax
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2017, 07:49:47 PM »
Priority seating for women is a joke, except for someone who is pregnant or breastfeeding.