Labour Urged to Rethink UK Approach to Sex Bias - Building Gender Balanced Business

Dr Catherine Hakim of the leading Labour Party research institute has said that seeking equality in pay and advancement for women in companies ignores that many women are more interested in family than career advancement.

• ‘The myth that all or most women would be just as careerist as men, if only they were given the opportunity, has been exploded,’ Hakim said.

• ‘The trend towards flexibility in the workforce has also made it clearer that some occupations and jobs will never be family friendly.’

• ‘The most misleading feminist myth is that women are united in their goals and priorities. Around one quarter of women – and men – now remain childless, mostly by choice, and their interests and priorities differ substantially from those of parents.´

• The Government’s Equality Commission still supports laws to combat what it calls widespread prejudice against female workers.
  Dr Hakim, a senior research fellow at the London School of Economics, said:

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