Comments on: Sex Discrimination http://timworstall.com/2007/09/25/sex-discrimination/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Roger Thornhill http://timworstall.com/2007/09/25/sex-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Roger Thornhill Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:16:48 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2007/09/25/sex-discrimination/#comment-170 Women earn less because they are less valuable and controllable than men (who put work before family on average more than women do). It is a fact. Companies are not charities (except in the public sector, which seems to operate so). One possible way to do it is allow marrieds to pool tax allowances, so helping one partner to remain at home to raise the children. Combine this with high personal allowances and a married man would need to earn £24k before paying tax if his wife were at home. I think that would be very useful to many people. Women earn less because they are less valuable and controllable than men (who put work before family on average more than women do). It is a fact. Companies are not charities (except in the public sector, which seems to operate so).

One possible way to do it is allow marrieds to pool tax allowances, so helping one partner to remain at home to raise the children. Combine this with high personal allowances and a married man would need to earn £24k before paying tax if his wife were at home. I think that would be very useful to many people.

]]> By: Mark Wadsworth http://timworstall.com/2007/09/25/sex-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Mark Wadsworth Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:12:11 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2007/09/25/sex-discrimination/#comment-164 Exactly, which is why we should increase Child Benefit significantly to compensate mothers for inevitable fall in wages. That's the simplest and fiarest way of doing it. Exactly, which is why we should increase Child Benefit significantly to compensate mothers for inevitable fall in wages. That’s the simplest and fiarest way of doing it.

]]> By: paul ilc http://timworstall.com/2007/09/25/sex-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-162 paul ilc Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:37:56 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2007/09/25/sex-discrimination/#comment-162 <i>Chuka Umunna is...legal advisor to the progressive pressure group, Compass. He is also a member of the executive committee of the Black Socialist Society (a Labour Party affiliate) and a local Labour Party officer.</i> Chuka Umunna is…legal advisor to the progressive pressure group, Compass. He is also a member of the executive committee of the Black Socialist Society (a Labour Party affiliate) and a local Labour Party officer.

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