The Prof Marsh Edwards AO scholarship, offered for the first time this year, is available to students enrolled in the postgraduate doctor of veterinary medicine degree at the University of Sydney. The successful applicant will receive $6,750 a year for four years. The release states that “preference will be given to male applicants who are from rural and regional areas with an interest in large animal practice and intended to work in rural veterinary science”. “The inclusion of males as one of a number of preferences by the donor is to address the current underrepresentation of males in the student cohort. “As such it is consistent with the university’s support of actions to address and encourage diversity and [address]underrepresentation in certain disciplines or professions.” The university offered a number of scholarships aimed at increasing the participation of women in subjects where they were underrepresented, and “was satisfied it is complying with the law”.
silverharp wrote: » Oz story - Another example of fk men and fk the economy, equality is a one way street Bruce. 90% of graduate vets are women, which is all cool , free market and all that but female vets want comfort so they only tend to work in city small animal practices. This will affect the rural economy in the future as they avoid large animal farming based practices. As a tiny aid to help potential male vets a donor offering a scholarship wanted a preference for male and a rural background. Of course it couldnt be let go as something very reasonable. I believe its 70/30 in ireland but I have read that farmers fear a shortage of vets in the future. So are we still there that to help an industry by helping men and not even for its own sake will cause a REEEEEE response?https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/08/sydney-university-under-fire-for-vet-scholarship-giving-preference-to-males
Scholarship Study: The Real Chances of Getting Free Money for College [..] There are 4 times as many scholarships for females as there are for males.
ahnowbrowncow wrote: » I agree the justice system in Ireland is a soft touch but it seems to be incredibly lenient on women, it would be nice if all criminals were given consistent sentences regardless of their sex. Here's another case were a woman stabs and kills her ex boyfriend, hides his body in her back garden for days and lied to the gardai about it.http://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0221/854346-monika-matracka/ It would seem it's very hard to convict a woman of murder, all they have to do is claim self defence and get manslaughter and be out in a few years. Similar to domestic abuse, people don't seem to believe a woman can attack a man unless he provoked her/deserved it.
In a statement to Gardaí Caroline Comerford said her husband was battering her with a shoe after he awoke from a drunken sleep on August the 9th in 1998. She went downstairs, picked up a steak knife and returned upstairs where she stabbed Peter. He was stabbed in the chest, back and in the legs. Caroline said in her statement that she was defending herself.
iptba wrote: » I find it hard to forget this Irish case where the killer spent no time in jail:http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0302/5856-comerford/
red ears wrote: » http://www.independent.ie/business/in-the-workplace/ireland-revealed-as-one-of-the-worst-places-for-women-to-work-in-damning-new-report-35471216.html
Data released yesterday by the Central Statistics Office show that female unemployment in Ireland is now running at 6.0pc, well below the rate of men who are without jobs.
red ears wrote: » His analysis is incredibly weak, can you imagine the likes of him working in science or statistics where he was required to carry out a legitimate scientifically sound experiment and he missed out on a variable like hourly pay. He would be sacked before lunch time. Its clear these people aren't interested in truth or facts they are working to an agenda.http://www.independent.ie/business/in-the-workplace/ireland-revealed-as-one-of-the-worst-places-for-women-to-work-in-damning-new-report-35471216.html
johnnyskeleton wrote: » It says Ireland is 25th out of 34 in terms of the gender pay gap and shows a graphic of Ireland being 15% as compared to South Korea with 35% and it is colour coded to show Ireland converging in 20 years if current trends continue as opposed to 100-300 years in South Korea. Being 25th is better than being in 1st place, because the 34th Country, Luxembourg, has hardly any wage gap. So leaving aside the inaccuracies of the wage gap that you point out, a report that shows that we are at the bottom end of the table of countries with massive gender disparity is somehow presented as being evidence that Ireland is a worse place for women than the other countries.
Mr.H wrote: » My girlfriend works in I.T and she is paid slightly more than her colleagues I work in a cafe and all my female co workers are paid the same as I was when I started. If my girlfriend one day gets pregnant she will go on leave. Her wages will stay the same for the 6 months and she will not recieve pay increases like her co workers. She will go back to work but could be on parity with some co workers or be worse off than others depending on pay increases. I work hard and despite my gender I try to show my worth to the company. Since I started I have been promoted twice and given a slight pay rise. Now you could claim that its because of my gender as my female co workers were there longer than me. But the fact is I made myself available to cover shifts on short notice. Often did extra work for no pay to learn skills to help my future roles. I worked harder so I deserved it more. My point is that figures and research dont give facts and reasons why the pay gap exists.
Calhoun wrote: » Pretty much this the wage gap spiel is myth and doesn't look into lifestyle choices made by the sexes.
Deleted User wrote: Having a child is a choice... not something that women have no control over. Why should men (or women who choose not to have kids) be penalised because a woman makes a different life choice? Women might advocate that during the period of having a child they should receive an equal treatment, but it's not realistically equal. Those left behind still need to work and naturally are working towards promotions or pay rises, and often by covering for a pregant co-worker.
Mr.H wrote: » That's the thing. We should realise that if someone takes a career break by choice even for maternity reasons they dont deserve to be promoted. Only what you do at work should factor in on promotions.
Mr.H wrote: » My point is that figures and research dont give facts and reasons why the pay gap exists.
Pawwed Rig wrote: » Even if they are the best candidate?
Calhoun wrote: » In the former then they should be not promoted in the latter it comes down to best person for the job.
Pawwed Rig wrote: » I don't see why they should not be promoted. If they are coming back and are better than all the other candidates then it absolutely makes sense. Just coz you goto work everyday doesn't mean you are a suitable candidate for promotion.
Moral Chivalryhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4952565/
Behavior in footbridge dilemma. (A) When faced with either pushing a male or female bystander, participants overwhelmingly choose to sacrifice a male bystander.
deaddonkey15 wrote: » I came across this article this morning that a friend liked on Facebook:http://rosemarymaccabe.com/conor-mcgregor-problem-machismo/It describes how Conor McGregor's latest interview in which he said he would like to see Khloe Kardashian's ass is an example of his misogyny, his objectification of women, and of course, #rapeculture. Rather ironically, I came across this article a few minutes later that another friend liked:http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/a25591/justin-trudeau-butt-meme/ It's written by a woman, for a women's magazine, and focuses purely on a recent picture of Justin Trudeau's ass. Now some might say that McGregor's comments were particularly disrespectful, but read through Phoebe Robinson's Instagram post within the article. Not much of a difference in my opinion. Of course sexism can only go one way though.
But I went through an incredibly promiscuous phase. It was as if I thought that if I could let him do that, then why not just let everyone else do it? I’m not saying I slept with 20 men per weekend (I didn’t), but I definitely slept with men I didn’t particularly want to sleep with, and who definitely didn’t warrant being looked at twice.
mzungu wrote: » There is a thread in After Hours about the blogger who wrote that piece on McGregor, albeit over a very different article. I won't derail this thread by bringing that discussion here, however I will point out a case of blatant double standards. Here is a quote from that article: So, when Conor McGregor objectifies women it is "rape culture". She objectifies men on account of their lack of good looks and this would be ...............???? She is guilty of the exact same thing that she is (supposedly) opposed to. For somebody who is part of the body positive movement, it is a tad hypocritical of her to objectify and sneer at men who don't score highly in the handsome department.
ligerdub wrote: » The body positive movement is exclusively for the benefit of women. I recall a prominent actress who is very much behind defending curvy women getting into a twitter spat with a guy and suggested he was just angry because he had a useless tiny penis.
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