Dude, it's hair length. When they start making separate bathrooms for people with long hair and making them sit in the back of the shuttle from the parking lot, then you can fight the good fight. Until then, you need to realize the real world isn't like high school. You can't raise a stink over every little thing because unless it's something that is actually important, no one cares.
Once again, there's no court in the world that would hear the case, and most definitely no company that would even think to settle. You would be thrown out of the courthouse, then counter sued for court costs and for filing a frivolous lawsuit. Claim discrimination all you want, but all you've got is the definition from a dictionary. In the real world, you would have to make the most desperate stretch to get it to play in court, which it wouldn't. Because honesty, by your standard, the high school dropout could sue because the PhD was chosen instead of him.
Actually, the bolded part is not true.
From personal experience, the US is a very hush-hush country. 2 year-old kids are not allowed to run around naked on the beach since its inappropriate, children are not allowed to sleep in their parent's room, etc. While yes, i know the reasons why, it is very different from a lot of other places in the world.
There's a rather popular case going on in Sweden right now. A bunch of women sued some bathhouses and beach owners, because they did not allow women to sunbath topless. Personally, I don't see why they wouldn't be allowed, but I'm a rather open person. Anyway. Their argument was the following: "
If men can sunbath topless, so should women. If women are forced to sunbath with tops, so should men" which I think is a very reasonable argument. If they're not ashamed of their breasts, why not. Its not a super-private area like your genitals. And if its supposed to be equal rights, then equal rights should apply to
everything.
One case in particular annoys me. Who gets the right to the children in a divorce? A
large majority of the time, the woman gets the better deal. Because naturally, the mother is more fit of taking care of the children, because she's a woman. And seriously, what bullshit is that? You know
why that's the case? Because its usually women working with those kind of cases, and hence they side with the woman. Women complain
a lot about how superior and better men have it. But they completely ignore the cases where they have the upper hand, and think that's completely OK.
However, equal rights should
not be mistaken for everything being completely equal. For example, men are better at physical activities due to the way we're built. That's the way it is. Men will get better results at physical sports, as men are stronger and faster and more physical. That can't be ignored. In the same way, women will be better at nurturing and taking care of people, as that's also the way they're built. that's nothing we as humans can prevent, nature built us that way. The sooner people realize that, the better. Which is also one of the reasons women tend to get the upper hand when it comes to taking care of children.
However, I loathe how women get chosen over men for top-positions in companies "just because it needs to be equal, and more women have to be hired". that means not accepting a man who might be more suitable and better qualified for the job, in favor of a woman. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for equality, but everything shouldn't be 50/50. The reason more men get top positions in companies, is because quite often, it requires pretty much giving up your family and social life, which women are less likely to do. So less women tend to go that route. It haven't got as much to do with men being preferred for the positions, and more to do with how men and women work. they
are vastly different, no matter how much women want to admit it. They are in no way less intelligent, they're just different in the way they work.
Personally, I think there should be no one person leading a country. It should be one man and one woman, as they complement each other nicely. They're like Ying and Yang. The same goes for top positions in companies.
In conclusion; the reason men have a better salary, is because men built up the business world. It is built in a way that it works excellent for men. The best way to make women more interested in getting top positions, is to make it easier for top position holders. Make them share the burden by employing more, so that they don't have to give up their entire life for it. However, this will also mean companies don't make as much money, which is their number 1 priority. So it is unlikely. Simply hiring more women "just because", or raising their salary "just because" won't make the world any more equal. It'll just be like putting the dust under the carpet, you simply cover up the problem and make your mother more happy. Doesn't solve anything.
