Comments on: Equal pay for equal work

By: Dr Nick Ashley

Dr Nick Ashley — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:26:37 +0000

Have she and her sister been drinking heavy water all their long lives?

Michal Gancarski — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:24:15 +0000

“This suggests that…”

It does not. It may as well mean “unexpectedly good at welding for a woman”. There is not a single piece of data about her absolute efficiency.

Cleanthes — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:23:47 +0000

I’m going to rain on your parade a little here Tim:

“but was so good that”

This suggests that her work had to be exceptional to achieve parity with any ordinary clock-watching male slacker. That’s not strictly equality.

JuliaM — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:15:22 +0000

Particularly the ones giving poor Peter Stringfellow such a hard time the other day…

Letters From A Tory — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:57:44 +0000

I don’t think the feminists will appreciate you congratulating a woman for crawling around on her knees all the time in the name of equality!