Germany: Merkel Concedes on Quotas for Women

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2013-04-20 15:09

Article here. Excerpt:

'BERLIN — In a rare political setback for the world’s most powerful woman, Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday found herself forced to give in to a rebellious bloc in her own party who insisted that Germany’s leading companies be compelled to increase the number of women on their boards.

Ms. Merkel, Germany’s first female chancellor, has long resisted the quota system for giving women board membership. It is an issue much debated throughout Europe, and adopted in countries from Norway to France but fiercely contested elsewhere — nowhere more so than in the Continent’s most powerful economy.

Ms. Merkel, a 58-year-old trained physicist who is married but has no children, became chancellor in 2005. Despite filling nearly a third of her cabinet with women, she has never overtly campaigned for equality or focused on the uniqueness of her position. And she has repeatedly rejected calls, including from the European Union, to require companies to admit more women to the highest levels of management.'

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So Merkel is perfectly okay with refusing to ban male genital mutilation being forced on infants, yet she won't put her foot down on female favouring quotas. Could her misandry be any more apparent?

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Submitted by xtrnl on Sat, 2013-04-20 20:31

She supports men's rights but when it comes to losing her job, then it's a different story. Her, just like all congressmen will support agendas if, and only if they are a positive influence to them getting reelected or will turn their back on agendas that they truly believe in if it will affect their position or pay.

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Submitted by usfspa2012 on Mon, 2013-04-22 17:43

have I read lately on how superior females are to males? and yet they still require/demand government handouts and free stuff at every turn. I guess its just a matter of males sticking together and discriminating against the poor, poor women of the world. that tactic has worked so well for males in civil courts throughout the western world.

I guess feminists figure that someday, somehow, if enough handout programs are enacted, women will become the equals of men. sound logic for the next century for sure (or maybe the one after that).

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Submitted by daveinga on Tue, 2013-04-23 01:17