Post by Dave on Feb 25, 2011 20:58:34 GMT
I have always believed that both sexes should always be equal. Me I’m just one of millions of other human beings living on this planet, I’m not better or worse then the next man as far as I’m concerned and I’m certainly not better than any woman just because I happened to be born as a man.
The word equality should mean just that, but can it always be applied? Are there circumstances when it can’t? If so is that right as it would no longer be equality in the true sense of the word.
There are jobs that only one sex can apply for; most know such jobs have the gender stipulated that can only apply for good reasons mostly due to the nature of the work involved. I think while some could say such jobs go against the whole principle of sex equality, most would feel it was perfectly acceptable.
I suppose the easiest way to describe sex equality, would be to say what’s good for a man is also good for a woman. Gone are the days when only men were lorry drivers and dare I say linesmen? Gone are the days when it was the man who went out to bring home the bacon while the little wife stayed at home and cooked and cleaned.
Woman always should be able to enjoy life as good as any man and also have the very same opportunities in life, but then so should any person no matter what the colour of their skin might be or what their nationality is.
Those women who took of their bra’s and burnt them, started the correction as far as sex equality was concerned, that should never have existed in the first place. While great progress has been made since that historic event, its true to say they are not fully there yet.
One very good example is woman in the workplace, there are many jobs being done by woman that get less pay than when a man is doing the very same job. That should still not be happening and as far as I’m concerned any job should just have a rate of pay for it and no matter if it’s a man or a woman doing it, the pay should be the same.
But there are examples where things work the other way in favour of woman and in one case, its young woman between 17 and 25 years old, who end up paying less for the same thing 17 to 25 year old young men have to pay for.
Yes I’m talking about car insurance; something you would think is just worked out on risk assessment and sex did not form any part of the calculations. But that’s not quite true as no assessment is really made on the ability of ones driving where young people are concerned, only what sex they are.
Young male drivers are all seen as boy racers and the most likely to end up crashing their cars, while young lady drivers are mostly only going to scrape the bumper or cause some other minor damage to their car.
As a result young male drivers pay considerably more for car insurance than young female ones, but that might be about to change.
I never realised until today, just how much out of touch I was with the cost of insurance for young drivers. I think I only paid about £50 or less for insurance when I got my first car when I was seventeen.
Today I pay about £180 for a fully comprehensive policy driving a 2 litre sports car that has fitted such things as high lift race cams and free flow exhaust system etc. In other words modified to get more from the engine, but in my cars case, it was done in the factory that made the car.
Today on the J.Vine shown I learned that 17 year old male drivers are being asked to pay as much as £3.500 to insure a car under one litre and only worth less than £600, has the world gone mad? Such a price came about after entering all the details into one of those insurance sites that finds you the best price.
But here’s the thing, keep the same details and just change the male to a female and the quotes can come back as much as half the original quote for a male, but like I said that may be about to change.
Women drivers could face paying higher premiums as European judges were urged to rule that insurance companies are breaking EU equality laws. Currently insurance companies charge women lower premiums because statistics show that they are safer drivers than men.
At the moment basing insurance rates on statistics about differing life expectancies or road accident records is standard practice across Europe. But Advocate General Juliane Kokott, a senior official at the European Court of Justice has said that it contravenes EU anti-discrimination and equality laws.
If her opinion is backed by the full court in a final verdict this year it could mean higher insurance premiums for women in future. In the past, lower insurance premiums for women have created a market for specialist insurance providers, like Sheila's Wheels and Diamond, to capitalise on.
As you might expect, many young females contacted the J.Vine show and were not happy they may have to pay the same rates for insurance young men have too. I happen to agree with their views as generally like it or not fellow male drivers; they are safer on the roads than all those boy racers.
But I suppose if you want to have sex equality where everything is equal, than there should be nothing that favours one sex over the other or should there be?
The word equality should mean just that, but can it always be applied? Are there circumstances when it can’t? If so is that right as it would no longer be equality in the true sense of the word.
There are jobs that only one sex can apply for; most know such jobs have the gender stipulated that can only apply for good reasons mostly due to the nature of the work involved. I think while some could say such jobs go against the whole principle of sex equality, most would feel it was perfectly acceptable.
I suppose the easiest way to describe sex equality, would be to say what’s good for a man is also good for a woman. Gone are the days when only men were lorry drivers and dare I say linesmen? Gone are the days when it was the man who went out to bring home the bacon while the little wife stayed at home and cooked and cleaned.
Woman always should be able to enjoy life as good as any man and also have the very same opportunities in life, but then so should any person no matter what the colour of their skin might be or what their nationality is.
Those women who took of their bra’s and burnt them, started the correction as far as sex equality was concerned, that should never have existed in the first place. While great progress has been made since that historic event, its true to say they are not fully there yet.
One very good example is woman in the workplace, there are many jobs being done by woman that get less pay than when a man is doing the very same job. That should still not be happening and as far as I’m concerned any job should just have a rate of pay for it and no matter if it’s a man or a woman doing it, the pay should be the same.
But there are examples where things work the other way in favour of woman and in one case, its young woman between 17 and 25 years old, who end up paying less for the same thing 17 to 25 year old young men have to pay for.
Yes I’m talking about car insurance; something you would think is just worked out on risk assessment and sex did not form any part of the calculations. But that’s not quite true as no assessment is really made on the ability of ones driving where young people are concerned, only what sex they are.
Young male drivers are all seen as boy racers and the most likely to end up crashing their cars, while young lady drivers are mostly only going to scrape the bumper or cause some other minor damage to their car.
As a result young male drivers pay considerably more for car insurance than young female ones, but that might be about to change.
I never realised until today, just how much out of touch I was with the cost of insurance for young drivers. I think I only paid about £50 or less for insurance when I got my first car when I was seventeen.
Today I pay about £180 for a fully comprehensive policy driving a 2 litre sports car that has fitted such things as high lift race cams and free flow exhaust system etc. In other words modified to get more from the engine, but in my cars case, it was done in the factory that made the car.
Today on the J.Vine shown I learned that 17 year old male drivers are being asked to pay as much as £3.500 to insure a car under one litre and only worth less than £600, has the world gone mad? Such a price came about after entering all the details into one of those insurance sites that finds you the best price.
But here’s the thing, keep the same details and just change the male to a female and the quotes can come back as much as half the original quote for a male, but like I said that may be about to change.
Women drivers could face paying higher premiums as European judges were urged to rule that insurance companies are breaking EU equality laws. Currently insurance companies charge women lower premiums because statistics show that they are safer drivers than men.
At the moment basing insurance rates on statistics about differing life expectancies or road accident records is standard practice across Europe. But Advocate General Juliane Kokott, a senior official at the European Court of Justice has said that it contravenes EU anti-discrimination and equality laws.
If her opinion is backed by the full court in a final verdict this year it could mean higher insurance premiums for women in future. In the past, lower insurance premiums for women have created a market for specialist insurance providers, like Sheila's Wheels and Diamond, to capitalise on.
As you might expect, many young females contacted the J.Vine show and were not happy they may have to pay the same rates for insurance young men have too. I happen to agree with their views as generally like it or not fellow male drivers; they are safer on the roads than all those boy racers.
But I suppose if you want to have sex equality where everything is equal, than there should be nothing that favours one sex over the other or should there be?
;D 