Harman 'literally bonkers'

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Maybe, but let us not forget that many of the top women leave the workplace at their peak to have sprogs. Nothing wrong with that, perfectly right and natural IMHO. Tragically it is something that is often left out when the feminist lobby get on their soapboxes and start spouting their slightly disingenuous statistics though.

That's definitely a factor, but it's not the whole story, nor equally should it discount them later in their careers (Though you're almost certainly right saying that it does).

I think the statistics have a point - adjusting for women having babies doesn't account for why most boards, and most of the top jobs are overwhelmingly populated by white men, from a particular kind of background ... and having seen a few of them up close, it sure as tulip isn't because they're particularly talented.

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There is a simple reason why women do not make it to the top levels as often as men and that is because a large chunk have their careers scuppred by having kids. To me having kids is a matter of personal choice and so is the way they are cared for. If a woman or a man wants to take say 10 years out of their career to raise a family then good for them. However I think it is totally unfair to expect special treatment when they get back onto their chosen career. I think it is totally unfair that a woman (or man) who has taken time out should benefit from positive discrimmination to simply meet an objective of getting a set percentage of women to the higher levels in a company.

I think it's a tough one, I said already I'm not a big fan of positive discrimination - but I think it's healthy to have a mixture of men and women in decision making roles in a company. Too many men for sure isn't healthy.

Ever worked in, or been near, a trade floor? Way too many alpha males and testosterone flying around in those environments - no wonder we ended up in such a FUBAR'd situation, those environments encourage risky behaviour - a more balanced environment and I'm sure we'd have had different end results ...

[chetty]

Bonkers = Doolally

Did you know that the work doolally is derived from the camp set up by the Britishers in the town of Deolali in India? The term reflects the mental state of these soldiers before they went back to Brian.