A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in  May 2018:

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in May 2018:

Our thanks to Mike P for this. Can anyone doubt that a woman in the same position would never have been charged, and if she were, have received a suspended sentence?

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in May 2018:

Our thanks to Ray for this. Ms Reeves is a blithering idiot, and the “chair” of the Business Committee. I really must send her the evidence of a causal link between increasing the proportion of women on boards, and corporate financial decline. I’m sure she’d evaluate the evidence dispassionately.

It’s illuminating to observe how often feminists such as Ms Reeves are “truly staggered” by meritocracy. The start of the BBC piece – by a woman – emphasis ours:

The Treasury’s failure to appoint a woman to the Bank of England’s rate-setting committee is “truly staggering”, the chair of the Business Committee said.

Rachel Reeves made the comment in response to Prof Jonathan Haskel’s appointment to the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

Prof Haskel’s appointment means there is still only one woman on the MPC. [J4MB: Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.]

The Treasury said the role had been awarded on merit.

The department insisted it was “committed to diversity and encouraging the broadest range of candidates”.

It had “actively contacted” 44 women and 43 men to apply for the role. [J4MB: More women than men. Why, given that most senior economists are men? Clearly positive discrimination in action, the calibre of the women on average must logically have been somewhat – probably considerably – poorer than the quality of the men on average.]

Of those, 19 men and eight women applied [J4MB: Men more than twice as likely as women to apply] and four women and one man were shortlisted. [J4MB: So four out of eight women made it to the shortlist (50%) and only one man out of 19 (5%). That 10x differential IS “truly staggering”.] It also pointed out that two of the three people on the interview panel were women. [J4MB: Hmm, might this possibly… this will sound crazy, but bear with me… be a shameless attempt to ensure a woman got selected, regardless of the merit of the best candidate for the job? Prof Haskel must be so much more expert than the four women, that appointing one of the women would have made the Bank of England even more of a laughing stock among economists, than it already is.]

“The final appointment decision was based on merit,” it said. [J4MB: Well, at least we can all – other than feminists – agree on that. Prof Haskel landed the job despite the most outrageous and “truly staggering” recruitment process.]

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in April 2018:

Earlier today we posted a piece titled BBC pledges to have 50:50 gender split of expert voices by April next year. Our thanks to Sundancekid for posting these comments:

You can fit hexagonal wheels on a car if you want to.. if you feel sorry for hexagons.
Don’t expect a smoother ride though.
And don’t expect to get there any quicker.
That’s my expert opinion.
(I’d tell the BBC, but I’m not confident enough… ).

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in April 2018:

A piece in today’s Evening Standard. The paper has reported an average (mean) gender pay gap of 12.8 per cent in favour of men, and an average (median) gender pay gap of 5.8 per cent in favour of women. Anyone familiar with this subject will be aware that the first figure is utterly meaningless – albeit often used by feminists to demand ‘something must be done’ – while the latter figure is at least an indicator of the pay gap between men and women as classes in an organization, although it says nothing about all the factors that cause the gap.

The paper’s female employees are already earning more than its male employees, by the second measure. End of story? No. Women must be advanced, even when they’re already ahead of men. The end of the article:

George Osborne, Editor of the Evening Standard, said: “We’re working hard to promote more women and create a diverse working culture.

“While our average gender pay gap is lower than most other media organisations, and it’s great news that the median pay of women is actually higher than men here, there’s still lots more work to do. I am confident we’re heading in the right direction.”

Manish Malhotra, managing director of the Evening Standard’s owner ESI Media Group, said: “We are committed to recruiting more women into senior roles and developing an easier pathway for women to progress.

“Initiatives to help us achieve that goal include a commitment to ensuring women are shortlisted for senior jobs, anonymised CVs, improved maternity benefits and more flexible working for men and women.”

William Collins’s important blog piece on the gender pay gap is here. Spoiler alert:

The median gender pay gap is in favour of women for part-time employees, and has been for 20 years. Post-tax, for full-time employees, the gap has been in favour of women for a number of years.

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in April 2018:

Our thanks to Mike P for this. Women’s dreams can get men arrested now.

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in April 2018:

I was called a couple of days ago by a Daily Mail journalist in connected with this piece, published in yesterday’s paper, in which I’m quoted at the end. I think the lady missed a nuance. I bemoaned the fact that men-only organizations and spaces are constantly acceding to demands by women to be admitted, while women steadfastly refuse to allow men to enter their spaces (as the bishop said to the actress).

Despite the reasons given by women for setting up women-only spaces, the motivation that’s never mentioned is female anxiety (but let’s never forget, women are strong, women are amazing.) Some women are anxious around men, and will welcome such spaces. The other side of the coin is that when they’re not in women-only spaces, that anxiety will return, and possibly be increased, because they haven’t built up their emotional resilience around men.

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in April 2018:

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in April 2018:

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in April 2018:

Diane Morgan is the inventor of the comic creation “Philomena Cunk”. She is a rare example of a hilarious comedienne on the BBC.

Our thanks to William Gruff for pointing us to a video (5:11) in which Philomena Cunk explores feminism and feminists. Enjoy. William also suggested we add this video to the J4MB Comedy Corner. We’ll add it now.

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