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Sex discrimination linked to depression in women

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ErrolTheDragon · 09/09/2019 09:14

Study by UCL with findings which will surprise nobody, reported in The Times today.

I'll put a link in next post.

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ArnoldWhatshisknickers · 09/09/2019 10:57

I’m in my fifties now and can only hope my daughter has it better than I have.

It seems sometimes that our daughters have it worse. For all the talk of sex (or gender as it is all too often wrongly referred to) discrimination being tackled and teaching children they can be what they want to be regardless of sex in the real world women still hit the wall of pregnancy discrimination whether we choose to have children ourselves or not. At least my generation were expecting it. For younger women the shock seems greater.

And that's before you get into the erosion of women's rights.

ErrolTheDragon · 09/09/2019 10:50

I tried to look for the paper itself but couldn't find it. I wish newspapers would all provide links if they're discussing published research, some do.

nettie434 · 09/09/2019 10:14

Thanks for the link Errol. Yes, it’s unsurprising but helpful to have the evidence.

JoyceJeffries · 09/09/2019 09:50

It was a fairly depressing state of affairs being made redundant on both of my maternity leaves.

AnyOldPrion · 09/09/2019 09:30

I’ve definitely been depressed due to sex discrimination and related bullying at work. Knowing I’m valued/paid less than my male colleagues makes me feel bitter, which then makes personal relationships more difficult and the whole thing spirals downhill. Then men from my profession tell me online that they judge me negatively for having changed jobs more often than they consider reasonable. I’m in my fifties now and can only hope my daughter has it better than I have.

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