"Men have 'teeny-weeny' interest in gender equality"

py2006

says Higher Education Minister Mary Mitchell O'Conner.

She described men's level of interest in equality as "small, as in teeny-weeny small, as in this small", as she gestured to her audience with her thumb and forefinger only centimetres apart. .

What are your thoughts on this? Is she right or is she really lucky she isn't a man making a statement like that?


https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/men-have-teenyweeny-interest-in-gender-equality-says-minister-37891230.html

Timberrrrrrrr

Fvcks given = 0

AllForIt

I think she should have pointed at her brain not her fingers.

DavidLyons_

py2006 wrote: »

says Higher Education Minister Mary Mitchell O'Conner.

She described men's level of interest in equality as "small, as in teeny-weeny small, as in this small", as she gestured to her audience with her thumb and forefinger only centimetres apart. .

What are your thoughts on this? Is she right or is she really lucky she isn't a man making a statement like that?


https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/men-have-teenyweeny-interest-in-gender-equality-says-minister-37891230.html

I’ve fcuk all interest in being considered equal to that inadequate gobs1te anyway.

j8wk2feszrnpao

py2006 wrote: »

says Higher Education Minister Mary Mitchell O'Conner.

She described men's level of interest in equality as "small, as in teeny-weeny small, as in this small", as she gestured to her audience with her thumb and forefinger only centimetres apart. .

What are your thoughts on this? Is she right or is she really lucky she isn't a man making a statement like that?


https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/men-have-teenyweeny-interest-in-gender-equality-says-minister-37891230.html

A generalizing statement like that just shows her for what she is.

Ted Johnson

I'm not interested in gender equality because we already have it. Women are now demanding special treatment.

tritium

py2006 wrote: »

says Higher Education Minister Mary Mitchell O'Conner.

She described men's level of interest in equality as "small, as in teeny-weeny small, as in this small", as she gestured to her audience with her thumb and forefinger only centimetres apart. .

What are your thoughts on this? Is she right or is she really lucky she isn't a man making a statement like that?


https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/men-have-teenyweeny-interest-in-gender-equality-says-minister-37891230.html

Tbh I read the report earlier and thought it was ironic to have a sexist clown lecturing anybody about sexism or equality.

Terrifying that she’s a minister but then again that bar has rarely been ata high level anyway

is_that_so

This is a minister for what now?

machiavellianme

How ironic, considering she's only in her role because of a perceived need for gender balance / quota rather than skill or ability.
If she had a teeny weeny bit of awareness of her environment (whether political, physical or social), you'd think she'd have looked before driving down the steps at Leinster house?

Monkeynut

machiavellianme wrote: »

How ironic, considering she's only in her role because of a perceived need for gender balance / quota rather than skill or ability.
If she had a teeny weeny bit of awareness of her environment (whether political, physical or social), you'd think she'd have looked before driving down the steps at Leinster house?

I give a f**k about gender quota, its a joke. I mean, somebody with more ability doesn't get the position because of sex. Where is the logic?

tylercheribini

Ted Johnson wrote: »

I'm not interested in gender equality because we already have it. Women are now demanding special treatment.

Gender equality nowadays is not about egalitarianism, its about retribution.

SEPT 23 1989

how can we have an absolute cabbage like that in a position of power

Silentcorner

We have stopped rewarding and admiring strength, work ethic, cultural, industrial and political endeavor, we are now rewarding entitlement...you get a Mary Mitchell O'Connor when you do that!

TheValeyard

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

how can we have an absolute cabbage like that in a position of power

Think that's one of the necessary requirements for the Dail

py2006

Imagine if a male politician in today's society mocked female genitalia at the same time as a ridiculous sweeping generalistion?

Ted Johnson

tylercheribini wrote: »

Gender equality nowadays is not about egalitarianism, its about retribution.

Hey I don't blame women for getting on the feminism train. If it gets you a high income job soley on your sex, go for it.

Just don't expect me to kiss the ass of the matriarchy.

Ipso

She's a legend in her echo chamber.

SEPT 23 1989

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

how can we have an absolute cabbage like that in a position of power

Perks of backing the right candidate in a power struggle - a cushy number guaranteed in the House. Completely out of her depth, all we hear is an incessant whine about gender quotas. That conversation has long moved on.

tritium

tylercheribini wrote: »

Gender equality nowadays is not about egalitarianism, its about retribution.

In this case retribution for what though? She’s minister for education for Christ’s sake, an area where girls have been massively advantaged above boys for decades without too many people actually giving a flying ****. If she actually gave a toss about equality in her role she be working to close the performance gap at second and third level, the higher male drop out rates and the higher female admission rates on most courses. Instead we hear this tripe and the occasional whinge about STEM courses.

Plumbthedepths

py2006 wrote:

She described men's level of interest in equality as "small, as in teeny-weeny small, as in this small", as she gestured to her audience with her thumb and forefinger only centimetres apart. .

She's the idiot that drove down the plinth in Daily Eireann?

Ipso

tritium wrote: »

In this case retribution for what though? She’s minister for education for Christ’s sake, an area where girls have been massively advantaged above boys for decades without too many people actually giving a flying ****. If she actually gave a toss about equality in her role she be working to close the performance gap at second and third level, the higher male drop out rates and the higher female admission rates on most courses. Instead we hear this tripe and the occasional whinge about STEM courses.

That would require real, hard work. Why bother with that when you can spout catchphrases to the a bunch of seals.

tylercheribini

tritium wrote: »

In this case retribution for what though? She’s minister for education for Christ’s sake, an area where girls have been massively advantaged above boys for decades without too many people actually giving a flying ****. If she actually gave a toss about equality in her role she be working to close the performance gap at second and third level, the higher male drop out rates and the higher female admission rates on most courses. Instead we hear this tripe and the occasional whinge about STEM courses.

Retribution for the discrimination she actually would have experienced in a bygone era, hell hath no fury like the wrath of a woman's scorn. Professional equality has actually been achieved since then,now they want a gynecocracy.

suicide_circus

its just more of the same. we live in an era that venerates the victim. look at the Jussie Smolett business. Poor auld MMOC with her ministerial pension and position of power. The teeny weenie willy reference just shows you the calibre of intellect youre dealing with. Who was the last politician you heard making reference to willy size? trump wasnt it? She is a woman of her time. The eternal victim.

freshpopcorn

machiavellianme

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

how can we have an absolute cabbage like that in a position of power

Stop tarnishing cabbages. At least they are useful and don't spout pure claptrap.

is_that_so

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

how can we have an absolute cabbage like that in a position of power

Politics. Voters like ministers in their constituency and Dun Laoghaire is expected to be a scrap.

who keeps voting for this moron in power.....and wasn't she only kept on as she played the gender card

Galwayguy35

One of my counties more stupid exports unfortunately.

It's baffling why the folks in Dun Laoghaire keep voting this idiot in.

is_that_so

machiavellianme wrote: »

How ironic, considering she's only in her role because of a perceived need for gender balance / quota rather than skill or ability.
If she had a teeny weeny bit of awareness of her environment (whether political, physical or social), you'd think she'd have looked before driving down the steps at Leinster house?

I actually don't think the problem is with the quota, it's the target of it. What she should be looking at it poking institutions on entry level recruitment. That way she may get she wants but a lot slower than this magic wand approach.

James Brown

py2006 wrote: »

says Higher Education Minister Mary Mitchell O'Conner.

She described men's level of interest in equality as "small, as in teeny-weeny small, as in this small", as she gestured to her audience with her thumb and forefinger only centimetres apart. .

What are your thoughts on this? Is she right or is she really lucky she isn't a man making a statement like that?


https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/men-have-teenyweeny-interest-in-gender-equality-says-minister-37891230.html

It's cool to slag off the men. Cheap shot.
I don't know about any of that womens lib stuff but she better be home in time to have the dinner ready.

Force Carrier

Maybe it's not that the men in her life had too small dicks.
Maybe it's that her vagina is too big.
Or maybe a combination of both.

Ipso

Will she be able to handle the stiff opposition.

HappyAsLarE

Men lost interest in equality when it was enshrined in our laws. What people want now is special treatment.

RWCNT

I'm sure plenty of men have concerns about areas of gender equality they perceive to effect them - e.g. Fathers rights, the possibility of losing out on jobs due to quotas etc.

I think a certain level of gender-chauvanism comes naturally to most people by default, women tend to care more about women's rights and vice versa. Whether or not we _should_ think like this or make the effort to be more rational & even handed is another conversation altogether, I'm just speaking from what I've observed in most of the men and women around me.

Tacklebox

Another cat let out of the bag....

I think ill become one of those gender issues people.

Dye my hair pink and let someone tie a dog collar around my neck and train me like a dog.

Ill start a new gender, called redneg...

py2006

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Fvcks given = 0

Then why post?

greencap

Everything that can be done for women has been done.

Its over.

Theres nothing left to whine about.

Immortal Starlight

I'd love to go just one day without hearing about gender wars. We are living in Ireland not Saudi Arabia. Why does every single thing have to be about women or men complaining about how hard done by they are.

is_that_so

py2006 wrote: »

Then why post?

To get you to respond to it!

BENDYBINN

Are women prepared to get down and dirty and fill the potholes and work on building sites ect.........gender equality should be everywhere

Trump Is Right

I'm a grown up, I don't engage in this kind of schoolyard boys vs girls BS!

Men and Women need each other... thankfully most men and most women recognise this, and function very well side by side in many different diverse areas of life. And most are not afraid to admit if a particular gender is better suited to certain things. It doesn't have to be a big melodrama!

It's only these perpetually offended types, that have never managed to mentally leave the schoolyard, that insist on fighting some gender war that doesn't actually exist out in the real world. (not in the west at least anyway)

ThunbergsAreGo

My wife is a teacher. Today all the girls got to watch a movie and have treats while the boys had to write a letter to pay them compliments.

This doesnt sound very equal.......

RWCNT

naughtb4 wrote: »

My wife is a teacher. Today all the girls got to watch a movie and have treats while the boys had to write a letter to pay them compliments.

This doesnt sound very equal.......

If they return the favour on international men's day then I'm OK with it. November, is it?

suicide_circus

naughtb4 wrote: »

My wife is a teacher. Today all the girls got to watch a movie and have treats while the boys had to write a letter to pay them compliments.

This doesnt sound very equal.......

thats the kind of information that makes me not want to bring children into this world

Church on Tuesday

She's the embodiment of what happens when you give a token job to a token individual based solely on gender.

I'll say it again; positions should only be filled by those most able for the job not on gender.

tylercheribini

suicide_circus wrote: »

thats the kind of information that makes me not want to bring children into this world

To be expected really, primary school system was always female dominated.

Birneybau

She is the dimmest in a hall of dim bulbs. That's not sexist, just a fact.

tylercheribini

At least Dr. Jordan Peterson still exists to prove Im not insane.

tylercheribini

Birneybau wrote: »

She is the dimmest in a hall of dim bulbs. That's not sexist, just a fact.

She is no Fidelma Healy Eames.

scamalert

yeah if men had such a low interest she would be making sandwiches :cool:


its fair to say we live in western society and this is just attention seeking crap, females arent lesser in any occupation or looked down nowadays when it comes to jobs, just another paper fiddler who has too much time on her hands really.

iptba

RWCNT wrote: »

naughtb4 wrote:

My wife is a teacher. Today all the girls got to watch a movie and have treats while the boys had to write a letter to pay them compliments.

This doesnt sound very equal.......

If they return the favour on international men's day then I'm OK with it. November, is it?

Not sure whether you think this is likely to happen? If it doesn’t happen, which I think is the most likely scenario, there’s a big bias.