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Price cap - means women are shafted AGAIN

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idonotmind · 26/08/2022 17:27

This is another massive step backwards for women.

It will just become even more important for the lower earners (the female of the species, more often than not) to stay at home. And become deskilled. And controlled.

Gah

OP posts:
AnnaFri · 26/08/2022 20:54

Erm no it means the opposite of that

That more women will be forced back to work due to needing dual incomes

Wonnle · 26/08/2022 20:57

AnnaFri · 26/08/2022 20:54

Erm no it means the opposite of that

That more women will be forced back to work due to needing dual incomes

Jobs that will not be there because no one will have any spare money to buy non essentials

Aposterhasnoname · 26/08/2022 20:58

Please could you show your thinking Op, cos I, and clearly everyone else, really can’t see how increasing bills will make it even more important that the lower earner stays home not earning and using expensive gas/electric.

HappyMeal564 · 26/08/2022 21:12

@LizzieSiddal not if the costs for childcare outweigh staying home with children

RewildingAmbridge · 26/08/2022 21:16

DH and I can both WFH one day per week and currently do, we won't be once the heating needs to go on! DS is at nursery those days. Surely being able to turn everything off because the house is empty has the opposite impact to your suggestion?

WhereDidYouGoBernedette · 26/08/2022 21:17

I think the OP has a very valid point. The lockdowns had a huge impact on the progression of women in the workforce both here and in the USA.
www.mumsnet.com/talk/ninety_days_only/4620110-idea-for-making-energy-price-raises-irrelevant?reply=119533523

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 26/08/2022 21:57

The OP has buggered off anyway.

KentuckyDerbyandJoan · 26/08/2022 22:03

what utter b*llocks OP 🙄

FarmerRefuted · 26/08/2022 23:29

Women are more likely to be unpaid carers for disabled and/or elderly family members.

They are more likely to be employed in low paid, low skilled jobs which are often zero hour contracts or are at higher risk of redundancy.

Women are more likely to be single parents.

Women are more likely to be the main carer for children.

Women are more likely to be claiming benefits, including in-work top ups, they are also more likely to be food bank users.

Women are more likely to be abused, including financial abuse.

Basically women are more likely to fall into one or more of the vulnerable groups who are going to be hit hardest by this.

Childcare is going to be an issue too and this will force more women out of the workplace rather than into it as someone will need to care for the children and women are more likely to be the lower earner in joint households.

Where I live the only day nursery in the local area is closing due to the increase in running costs, its no longer sustainable. The staff (all women) are being made redundant. The only other childcare provision is two childminders who are both full, the school nursery which is for age 3+, and the school wraparound club which is for age 5+. Essentially this means there is no nearby childcare for the under 3s. Many other providers around the country will be in the same position, some will close and others will need to increase their fees. If there is no childcare, or the childcare becomes unaffordable, it will be predominantly women who will have to drop their hours or give work altogether to plug the gap.

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