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Just completing some Equality Act 'training' and apparently I got this question wrong...

137 replies

ChatterChattee · 03/06/2021 09:01

Question: Statistically, men have an advantage over women in education and the workplace.

I chose 'True.'

Apparently, I was wrong. The correct answer is:

'False: Men are paid more than women in the workplace. However, girls and women now outperform men at school and university."

Angry

There are soooo many things wrong with that statement! Conflating 'an advantage,' 'being paid,' and 'outperforming,' for one thing.

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GCAcademic · 03/06/2021 09:19

You can only answer “true” if both are true- an advantage in education AND workplace.

But since one is false, education, you have to answer false.

Performing better in exams is not an "advantage". It's not like exam results are simply handed out to you. Working harder at school is not an advantage, and this is (at best) a very odd way of framing things.

PlanDeRaccordement · 03/06/2021 09:16

@ChatterChattee

Question: Statistically, men have an advantage over women in education and the workplace.

I chose 'True.'

Apparently, I was wrong. The correct answer is:

'False: Men are paid more than women in the workplace. However, girls and women now outperform men at school and university."

Angry

There are soooo many things wrong with that statement! Conflating 'an advantage,' 'being paid,' and 'outperforming,' for one thing.

You did get the question wrong.

It is asking if statistically men have an advantage in education AND the workplace.

You can only answer “true” if both are true- an advantage in education AND workplace.

But since one is false, education, you have to answer false.

Cailleach1 · 03/06/2021 09:13

Are people who now carry out equality training, in that role because they don't meet the intellectual or critical standards to do anything else?

Without even looking at the reasoning, the answer they give contradicts a simple yes as an answer to that question.

Floisme · 03/06/2021 09:13

Ok no excuse for that (getting the protected characteristic wrong) - not if the training's about the Equality Act.

OvaHere · 03/06/2021 09:11

I'd say it's a distinct advantage to know you can underperform in education but will still stand a good chance of being paid significantly more by the time you're about 40.

HollysBush · 03/06/2021 09:11

Huh??!

Floisme · 03/06/2021 09:11

I don't think it's been worded well but Isn't it basically just saying men have an advantage in one sector (the workplace) but not in both?

Original poster
ChatterChattee · 03/06/2021 09:10

Oh it gets worse.

It's now telling me that gender is protected characteristic...

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SapphosRock · 03/06/2021 09:09

Who wrote this nonsense?!

That would give me the rage OP

FFSFFSFFS · 03/06/2021 09:09

Good lord.

GCAcademic · 03/06/2021 09:06

So, despite the fact that girls and women outperform men academically, they get paid less in the workplace? I'd say that represents a pretty obvious problem that most people would recognise as a disadvantage.

Novina · 03/06/2021 09:04

That doesn't even make sense. Confused