Talk:Minister for Women and Equality

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Joan Ruddock and Baroness Jay were Ministers for Women in the late a990s. I don't know exact dates though...

When this post was first introduced in 1997, it was an unpaid role. Catchpole 11:05, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

User:Shakehandsman made an edit to say that the position had responsibility for addressing gender inequality affecting females. I've reverted it, since this is a factual issue. The post has a legal obligation to tackle both male and female inequality (stated as gender equality here) Link to a description of the role on government site. There is a general acceptance that women suffer greater inequality, so it would be fine if Shakehandsman made an edit to bring that out, and to say that most of the work for the position is looking at tackling female inequality. Hence, less time for looking at specific male-related issues. However that is a tricky line to put across without stating your personal opinion. I haven't tried to do that, for that reason. Flapscat (talk) 10:38, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

I've no problem with you reverting the edit and I'm glad you've pretty much understood the issue here. Must take you up on one issue though - women may have suffered great inequality in the past, but I'm not so sure you can say that so confidently today. Also, if you look specifically at discrimination and thus inequality directly caused by government you'll find the majority of gender discrimination (and attempted discrimination) is against men - e.g. pensions, family law, domestic violence all areas which have specific and clearly stated gender discrimination against men - the like of which women have seen in years. Also health care provision, (especially cancer) shows pretty clear gender discrimination. Inequality and discrimination isn't just about how much money someone has. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shakehandsman (talk • contribs) 13:45, 13 April 2008 (UTC)