It is always nice to see the patriarchy at work. Devaluing half the population is just peachy keen here in good ‘ole Alberta.
The Parkland Institute reports:
“A new fact sheet, entitled “Women’s equality a long way off in Alberta” shows a persistent wage gap between women and men, despite the 2002-2007 oilsands boom. Alberta is also the only province/territory without any government ministry or advisory council on the status of women.
Alberta women who work full-year, full-time earn just 66% of what men earn. The Canadian average earnings gap is 72%.”
It gets even more fantastic if you read the executive summary! Our heroic Premier is a little busy licking the spittle off the lips of the oil and gas industry he really does care about the woman-folk, honest.
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March 29, 2010 at 9:13 am
The Intransigent One
“Alberta is also the only province/territory without any government ministry or advisory council on the status of women.”
Just following the Feds’ example. Fuckers.
On a more frivolous note: The dress the second woman from the left is wearing, is absolutely fabulous! Want!
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March 31, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Walking the Feminist Line « Intransigentia's Blog
[…] Guess who benefits? Men, and rich people. They used to just take advantage of women’s sexual, reproductive, and domestic labour, and now they also benefit from our paid work by having our incomes to contribute to the household (should they have a female domestic partner), and more generally by having not only a greater supply of workers, but a supply of workers that they seem to manage to find all sorts of ways of paying less. […]
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