Government cuts hit women three times harder than men - says the Mail

[edam]

more than £11bn of the £1.9bn spending cuts come from women. Maybe since this one's from the Mail, all those right-wingers who scoffed at the last set of figures will finally accept it is a fact that this government is hitting women hardest.

Oh, and the actual figures come from the Treasury.

Hi edam, have you tried posting this in feminism, the fem boards are increasingly focused on "to wear heels or not" to wear pink etc,,,,, it would give them something more important to engage with

Good point, will try it there.

It doesn't surprise me at all.

From the what????

This type of argument assumes there is some ideal point, at which fairness and equality is perfectly balanced and any move away from this is detrimental.

For one could make a parallel case about lack of equality when women disproportionately benefit from additional spending. But again to make that case convincingly you need the same ideal point.

What is that ideal point? And have we really ever been there?