PM will take part in stoppage by women and non-binary people calling for pay equality and action on gender-based violence

Organisers hope the women’s strike – whose confirmed participants include fishing industry workers, teachers, nurses and the PM, Katrín Jakobsdóttir – will bring society to a standstill to draw attention to the country’s ongoing gender pay gap and widespread gender-based and sexual violence.

  • Turun@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    But it is worthwhile to rephrase the issue in this way.

    Do we want women to work more, or do we want men to take on more house and care work? These are two different things. Both are “enforced” by society, to the detriment of people who want to go against the social norm. The former focuses on the issues faced by women, while ignoring the suffering of men. And vice versa for the second phrasing. But both are faces of the same coin!

    • apis@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Neither!

      The idea is to remove these societal distortions, or grain if you will, so that everyone is free to structure their lives as best suits their needs, abilities and preferences.

      There can be no ignoring of the suffering of men in examining the pay gap, because it is inextricably linked to the pay gap, which in itself is just one tiny aspect of the many things which are awry with the workplace and how everyone accesses it.

      • Turun@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        There can be no ignoring of the suffering of men in examining the pay gap,

        It’s nice that you see it that way, but the article ignored it the whole way through, never mentioning it once.