“I concentrate on the financial concerns and priorities of females in a way that resonates with them. I report and advise on issues such as how state pension changes affect women, how they have lower debts than men but become more anxious over them, and how to make immediate and long-term financial plans when child-rearing. I ask, are you and your partner even financially compatible?”

A worthwhile cause and perhaps a justified resolution for this year perhaps then? But what is this then juxtaposed with? Read a little further on in the piece and you will find the idea from clinical psychologist and sex therapist Bettina Arndt of ‘revitalising your sex life’. And though it is not suggested in the title itself, this again focuses on women. Because Bettina is suggesting that a focal problem in long-term relationships is ‘mismatched desire’, that this desire is usually lacked by the female and that these females need to basically get over it (my words not hers):

“Arndt advocates a “just do it” approach for couples in a rut. Women should ignore their lack of desire and just get on it with”.

So women of Britain, take note. Two ideas for a better life:

1. Get some sound financial advice
2. Lie back and think of England.

Happy New Year!

…like the battered wife who goes back to her abusive husband, so City women meekly trot back for more. Many even excuse the system that discriminates against them.

And that:

City women should be thumping their fists on the boardroom tables. Instead, they buy into a system that treats them shabbily. For that, they have themselves to blame.

Personally I’m confused. Am I meant to salute Turner for not falling fault to such behavior and for trying to remove the blinkers from these poor women’s eyes? Or am I meant to boo in her direction for merely shifting the blame?

Laura

Anne Perkins has a great commentary about why it continues to exist – that is occupational segregation, women being more prevalent in the severely underpaid in the 5 c’s caring, catering, cashiering, cleaning and clerical

I think there’s a point to be made that we should have better pay rate in these jobs that are severely socially undermined but oh so important, better cash – no doubt – would lead to more males choosing it as a possible career, more opportunities to remove gender profiling for work. If we continue to undervalue them, saying that they are jobs not worth holding then who picks up the slack and remains exploited by our work system?

A lot of the negative commentary around this issue is that women choose to leave work when they have children, they choose to go into lower paid, part time work full stop. Well to me that doesn’t ring true. As always choice is the important part of these accusations, how much choice exists in this world free of pressure from family/friends/society/the bills stacking up at the door etc etc

This isn’t a problem we’re going to fix today, or tomorrow but we need to keep it forefront, stem the growth of the pay gap, get talking, get active, get fixing.

Charlotte