Sexual inequality in the workplace

Jessica Irvine in Canberra's sex wars are underpinned by real sexual inequality in Aussie workplaces exposes some dreadful statistics highlighting discrimination in the work place:

5 : The number of female chief executives of Australia's top 200 companies listed on the stock exchange, or 2.5 per cent.

14.6 : Percentage of women on ASX 200 boards.

55 : Number of ASX 200 companies without a single woman on their board.

29 : Percentage of women in Parliament.

37 : Female members of the House of Representatives, out of 150 members.

29 : Female members of the Senate, out of 76 members.

$19.50 : Entry-level zookeeper hourly pay.

$15.90 : Entry-level personal carer or support worker hourly pay for providing care to our elderly on award wage.

17.5 : The percentage gender pay gap today between male and female full-time earnings, up from 15.9 per cent in 1994.

Evolutionary reasons for misogyny is no excuse

In Misogyny, Chauvinism, Sexism, or What? Mel Konner has an interesting take on the evolutionary reasons for misogyny, and why that's no excuse.

Julia Gillard's speech - a timeline

Sally Baxter in Mussel flexing women destroy the joint has fleshed out some of the history to the recent controversy over Julia Gillard's speech in Parliament attacking Tony Abbott's sexism. Well done.