Red Tape Hot Box on discrimination against women
Thus, starting from next year, a new program will be launched which is supposed to introduce refunds on contraceptive pills and add lessons on family planning to the school curriculum. Also, stereotypical information that shows the man working and earning money while the woman does all the housework will be removed from school textbooks. It will also include the creation of women's advisors in every województwo (region), who will be there to advise on the problems women face at home and at work. Finally, it will grant protection to female victims of domestic violence. All of these things are supposed to help tackle, in one way or another, the discrimination against women in our society. Such a program was implemented 20 years ago in many EU countries and now it's knocking on our door. Good, let it come, let it be implemented. But are we really as far behind Western European countries as the feminist groups say? Is there really that much discrimination? Well, let's take a look at statistical figures...
Nowadays, 37 percent of firms are owned by women, while in the EU the figure is 26 percent. Also, in our Parliament, 20 percent of MPs are women, which again is more than in many EU countries. Women in Poland earn less than men, but even in Sweden - which is supposed to be the most "pro-woman" country in the world - they earn 17 percent less than their male counterparts. Finally, more than 90 percent of women declare that they have never been discriminated against at work. So how come there is so much talk about discrimination against women, while in the West it isn't any better? The thing is that in the West life is better for women. However, this is because they live in richer, more developed and better-organized societies. There it's just easier to be a wife, a mother and a career woman at the same time than it is here. No one there asks a woman during a job interview if she plans to have children in the near future and it's easy to obtain maternity benefits. It's these little things that make the difference. But then, what's life without challenges?
Nowadays, 37 percent of firms are owned by women, while in the EU the figure is 26 percent. Also, in our Parliament, 20 percent of MPs are women, which again is more than in many EU countries. Women in Poland earn less than men, but even in Sweden - which is supposed to be the most "pro-woman" country in the world - they earn 17 percent less than their male counterparts. Finally, more than 90 percent of women declare that they have never been discriminated against at work. So how come there is so much talk about discrimination against women, while in the West it isn't any better? The thing is that in the West life is better for women. However, this is because they live in richer, more developed and better-organized societies. There it's just easier to be a wife, a mother and a career woman at the same time than it is here. No one there asks a woman during a job interview if she plans to have children in the near future and it's easy to obtain maternity benefits. It's these little things that make the difference. But then, what's life without challenges?
