tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347235481791323990.post8615145857289150616..comments2023-08-01T16:33:13.366+02:00Comments on Learning English with Mª Jesús: Preparing for IWD (International Women's Day)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347235481791323990.post-46018290527934405192012-03-04T12:28:04.729+01:002012-03-04T12:28:04.729+01:00Yet it is 2011 and a man is still likely to earn m...Yet it is 2011 and a man is still likely to earn more money than a woman even one doing the same job. You have a far better chance of entering political office or becoming a company director. <br />As a man,you are less likely to be judged for promiscuous behaviour, which is just as well frankly ; and hardly any chance of falling victim to sexual assault ; and unlike the 30,000 women in the UK who lose their jobs annually due to pregnancy, there would be virtually no risk to your career if you chose to<br />become a parent or became one accidently. For someone with such a fondness for women, I wonder if you’ve ever considered what it might be like to be one…<br />The world has changed …but the numbers remain stacked against us. <br />Women are responsible for two thirds of the work done worldwide yet earn only 10 % of the total income and earn 1 % of the property.<br /> It’s not just about money and power. <br />Every year 70 million girls are deprived of even a basic education and a staggering 60 million are sexually assaulted on their way to school.<br />We are afraid to walk the streets at night, yet some of us are even more frightened to return to our own homes at least 1 in 4 are victims of domestic violence. <br />And every week two women in the UK are killed by a current or former partner.<br />So are we equals ?<br /> Until the answer is yes you must never stop asking.Mª Jesúshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585313340343605983noreply@blogger.com