'An image of individual women as weak – serves the interests of the Greater Power – the power of the Identity Group. This is why they get so very cross with you if you refuse to be assimilated into the Borg'
By MRA-UK: The pseudo-progressive-feminists are making propaganda hay while the sun shines on their gender pay gap narrative. Companies with more than 250 staff are now obliged to make a gender-based pay return, a exercise in public confession which the feminist lobby within government (i.e., all of it) forced through.
Stella Creasy, MP (#PayMeToo) There are broadly three groups of people,
- Those who know the pay gap narrative is propaganda;
- Those who promulgate the pay gap narrative;
- Those who are being conned by the pay gap narrative.
Group 2 comprises both men and women. It includes feminists of both sexes. But it also includes interested parties who may be motivated by other than feminist ideology, notably the government and various ‘elite’ institutions.
Group 3 is exclusively women. It is women who are the ‘mark’ of the con.
Men, whether in Group 1 or 2, are the pantomime villains. Some men become vociferous members of Group 2 in an attempt to be recast as heroes rather than villains. They never notice that it doesn’t work. You are not permitted to escape your Identity Group. As a man, your Identity is Oppressor, and this cannot be modified by ‘good’ behaviour.
The objectives of the pay gap propaganda are,
- To con/coerce more women into paid work rather than domestic duties, especially childcare;
- To further reinforce the victimhood narrative for women, the purpose of which is to continually reconfirm the status of “women” as a deserving Identity Group;
- To further reinforce the misandry narrative for men, the purpose of which is to continually reconfirm the status of “men” as an undeserving Identity Group.
But you merely display your ignorance of the nature of the enemy if you ask of Group 2 “are they lying, or do they really not know the true pay statistics?” Admittedly, this is hard for most of us to grasp, but these people have a different concept of “truth”. If they have the influence to impose their narrative upon enough people – and they do – then it becomes the truth. They do not recognise the existence of an independent, objective, unique Truth. Such an naïve idea is only for the unsophisticated. For the cognoscenti the issue is the Greater Good. The unenlightened might mistake those pursuing the Greater Good for lying toerags, but that is only because they are so very unsophisticated.
So don’t even ask if Group 2 actually believe what they say. All discourse is an exercise in power, and power confers truth. I may have had occasion to observe previously that feminism is about power. Usefully, MP Stella Creasy has recently made it absolutely clear – towards the end of this video.
A brief word about those women who object to the victimhood narrative because it presents women as weak and needy rather than strong, independent and capable. (They often call themselves “equity feminists”). Well, quite right. But these equity feminists didn’t get the memo. It’s not about equality, silly. It’s about power. And a carefully nurtured victimhood narrative – whilst it projects an image of individual women as weak – serves the interests of the Greater Power – the power of the Identity Group. This is why they get so very cross with you if you refuse to be assimilated into the Borg. To enhance the Power of the Collective you must appear to be feeble.
All three Objectives of the pay gap propaganda serve the interests of feminism.
But government, and institutions like the Global Economic Forum, also have an interest in Objective 1 – getting more women into work. They have an eye on increasing GDP and increasing income tax revenue. Nicky Morgan made that motivation clear here, although her actual numbers were bonkers: “increasing women’s productivity and employment to the same level as men’s could add almost £600 billion to our economy, clearing a third of our national debt”. That’s why the government is feminist – that and the fact that male MPs and Cabinet Ministers are shit scared of the wimmins.
The statistics of the gender pay gap in the UK are easily summarised (see also here).
- For part time workers the gender pay gap is in favour of women by about 5%;
- For full time workers, the median hourly pay rates, excluding overtime, for men and women under 40 are the same to within a couple of percent;
- For full time workers, the gender gap in gross median hourly pay rates, excluding overtime, taking all ages into account, was 9.1% in favour of men in 2017;
- The gender pay gap is never quoted net of income tax. But a simple estimate reveals that, for full time workers, the gender gap in median hourly pay rates net of income tax, excluding overtime and taking all ages into account, was about zero (actually slightly in favour of women) in 2015 and 2017.
What is to be done about the dreadful gender pay gap data being ‘fessed up to by all these companies? The Boards are not going to enjoy this annual shame-fest. That, of course, is the point. So what will these companies actually do?
Well, wholesale promotions of women can’t be the answer. Women don’t want the jobs. If they did want them, they’d take them. There are no barriers. You can’t say “it’s women’s own choice” around feminists (wear ear defenders if you do). But it is. Read Catherine Hakim, read Susan Pinker, read Geoff Dench.
Women don’t want the jobs and they won’t be coerced en masse to take them.
I’m tempted to say that men should be convinced to stop working so damned hard. After all, the reason why men pay 75% of all income tax is mainly because they work 55% more hours than women.
Imagine what would happen if we ‘solved’ the pay gap by convincing men to adopt the same work patterns as women now enjoy – with no increase in women’s working. The income into the Exchequer would halve. Total economic meltdown would ensue, followed by total social breakdown. It’s completely unthinkable.
That won’t happen either. It would be as hard to stop men taking higher status, higher paid jobs as to convince women to take them. (I’m talking about typical behaviours here – both sexes will have a certain percentage of gender non-typicals). Or maybe it might be possible? Having recently come to the end of 37 straight years of working 55+ hour weeks, if I had my time again, would I do the same thing? I think not.
But what can companies realistically do if they want to avoid the public shaming? Getting a 50/50 gender split at every wage level in the organisation just isn’t going to happen.
Take airlines, as an example. All but a tiny percent of pilots are men, but most cabin crew are women. Hence, a huge pay gap. Are they going to get 50% female pilots? Nope. And even if they did, with most cabin crew female, there would still be a large pay gap. No doubt they will instigate a vigorous programme to train more women pilots, perhaps with generous incentives. Lets say – and this is wildly generous – that they achieve 20% female pilots. The effect on their gender pay gap will be minor. The solution, though, is simple. To get a zero pay gap you don’t need equal numbers of male and female employees: you just need the same percentage at all salary levels. Ergo, start aggressive recruiting male cabin crew – and letting the female cabin crew go. Stop when the percentage of female cabin crew equals the percentage of female pilots – say 20%. Net effect: a small number of women in higher paid jobs, but a large number of women unemployed, and a net increase in male employment. The point is that getting male cabin crew is achievable; getting loads of female pilots just isn’t.
Another example. A typical office with mostly female receptionists and clerks. The professional staff will largely be on equitable salary scales, and women will probably be proportionately represented at all levels except the highest levels, e.g., Board level. The same logic applies as before. The number of women employed is irrelevant. The trick is to get the same percentage of women at each salary level. So, a few more women in the most senior positions, and loads more men taking the place of women in junior positions like receptionists and clerks.
This is my best guess of what will happen.
Feminism trashes women, yet again.
Be careful what you wish for – you might just get it.
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