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Is it legal to advertise car insurance for women only?
Isnt that sexual discrimination?
Isnt that sexual discrimination?
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It is NOT up to the Company HOW they choose to EMPLOY. If a man and a woman have identical circumstances, same QUALIFICATIONS, age, EXPERIENCE etc., a company is NOT allowed to offer the woman a lower PAYRATE EVEN THOUGH statistics show women are a HIGHER risk than men OF REQUIRING PAID ABSENCE FOR ANTENATAL CARE.
(apologies TCL for the bowdlerism above but a somewhat like-for-like comparison was required).
Both statements are of commercial factors which companies must consider, yet the first is anti-male (GOOD = acceptable) the second anti-female (BAD = unacceptable).
I fully expect to be flamed for my apparent sexist, nay misogynistic, view but the statement above was just to expose the inequality of 'Equality'.
In reality I do not negatively discriminate by dint of gender, race, belief or other comparative attribute of a person other than individual ability in any applicable situation. 'Equality' does not take account of ability, as proven by Shiela's Wheels Insurance.
It is NOT up to the Company HOW they choose to EMPLOY. If a man and a woman have identical circumstances, same QUALIFICATIONS, age, EXPERIENCE etc., a company is NOT allowed to offer the woman a lower PAYRATE EVEN THOUGH statistics show women are a HIGHER risk than men OF REQUIRING PAID ABSENCE FOR ANTENATAL CARE.
(apologies TCL for the bowdlerism above but a somewhat like-for-like comparison was required).
Both statements are of commercial factors which companies must consider, yet the first is anti-male (GOOD = acceptable) the second anti-female (BAD = unacceptable).
I fully expect to be flamed for my apparent sexist, nay misogynistic, view but the statement above was just to expose the inequality of 'Equality'.
In reality I do not negatively discriminate by dint of gender, race, belief or other comparative attribute of a person other than individual ability in any applicable situation. 'Equality' does not take account of ability, as proven by Shiela's Wheels Insurance.
Not going to slate you at all, kempie. However, jobs are something we need to have to survive so forcing someone to take less pay would be discriminatory as you're forcing them to have a lower standard of living. Incidentally, women do end up with less pay at the end of their working lives compared to men precisely because of eg maternity - if you work for the Civil Service you get full pay, but not many other companies offer it.
Forcing someone to pay higher insurance premiums would also force them to have a lower standard of living.
The principle is the same and yet there is no equivalent of the Employment Act 2002 to redress this discrimination imbalance; either everybody is equal or they are not. The thing about Equality, you can't pick and choose the things you want to be equal in - that leads to "partial equality". An oxymoron or what?
The principle is the same and yet there is no equivalent of the Employment Act 2002 to redress this discrimination imbalance; either everybody is equal or they are not. The thing about Equality, you can't pick and choose the things you want to be equal in - that leads to "partial equality". An oxymoron or what?
Maybe insurance companies should be forced to look at every single individual and evaluate their insurance risk on a case-by-case basis before quoting a price. I think insurance is a licence to print money anyway, and would welcome more openess in how their premiums are fixed. Equality would certainly be seen to be happening then, as people wouldn't be getting cheaper insurance 'just' because they were a woman.
Jobs, fortunately, are already looked at on a case-by-case basis, with the individual's worth being taken into account and a price put on their talent not their gender. I am not into positive discrimination either, by the way, just equality based on an individual's worth.
Yes I agree, but they do have scientific evidence and hard facts that women are less likely to have accidents.
But surely that would mean that I could set up a racsist insurance company and not let any Irish in.....(not that I have anything against them!).....all I have to to do is take 100 Irish people and 100 none Irish and see who has made the most claims on their insurance......its 50/50 either way!
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