*puts lid back on can of worms
*puts lid back on can of worms
As obvious as this may seem, there isn't any real evidence to back it up. There are some biological differences between genders but nothing that makes men better at maths or women better at being carers.
Peer pressure does play a massive part however studies have shown that boys will have a tendency to go for certain toys. They will do however generally speaking males prefer something around facts, figures rather than emotive writing.
Agreed, but how much is that tendency nuture rather than nature? I'm not saying boys and girls are the same and it's all nuture, but nuture often has a bigger impact than people realise. People often state 'that's just the way people are', but when you really think about it it's scary how much influence nuture can have on people.
On a slight side note, there was a programme I saw a couple of years ago about serial killers and whether it was a nature/nuture thing. They found that certain people's genetic traits were predisposed to becoming serial killers (nature), but nuture was what decided whether they actually became one or just lived a normal life.
Funny you say that, I do know a girl who was a contractor for 3 years then suddenly decided she wanted a perm role... sure enough she was having a baby - barely worked in the role, took the maternity pay then quit and went back to contracting.
It isn't surprising that some small businesses are wary about hiring young females either.
However maternity pay is still pretty useful to society and plenty of people don't abuse it.
Yep seen plenty of those in my career so far. Had two of them in my first company out of uni, 2 in my second company and now 3 in my third company. They get pregnant, go on leave, have the kid, get pregnant again, back to work for a month or two, and then they're off again for another year. It's a complete joke.
Presumably the people moaning about maternity leave don't want a pension?
Presumably the people moaning about maternity leave don't want a pension?
It's the price of doing business. If you can't deal with people taking maternity leave (or being unable to work long term for any reason) then you're doing something wrong.
At what point will [The striving for (My Addition)] gender equality stop
Gender equality will stop when men finally achieve equality with women in western society.