What a Jerk

So someone sent me on this link to an opinion article by some bozo named  Newton Emerson in yesterday's Irish Times. At first I thought it was a joke, but then I realised that this guy is just an a$$hole. Not only does he blame the recession on women - in such a cavalier fashion that I thought it was a joke but I think he wants to send Ireland back to the 1970s when the marriage bar was in place! He certainly appears to support the Irish Constitution (1937) in which Article 42.1 states that for the greater good of the country, women's place is in the home. So he basically says women should leave their jobs so men can gain employment. What he doesn't take into account is a) women generally have higher levels of education and b) what types of jobs are these ones he is proposing to take away? How many women are job sharing ? work part time? and what are the inequalities between men and women in terms of pay? Historically women have had lower paying jobs... this is still the norm.

here is the link... you need to check this out and tell me what you think.

www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0226/1224241828468.html