@johnworf
Hi Caitlin. If you could be Prime Minister for the day what policies would you introduce and which would you get rid of and why?
HELLO! I would absolutely bring in employment quotas for women, because of this simple, handy to remember analogy, which is from the book so I've just been able to cut'n'paste it haha:
When women are in a minority in any situation, they feel as understandably odd and stressed as two pelicans in a camel enclosure. And the camels can?t help but look at the pelican beaks oddly, and go off and do ?camel things? in the corner, whilst the pelicans feel awkward and alone, and go on a weird diet, out of self-loathing.
In this situation, you just need to wang half a dozen stupider pelicans into the enclosure, to keep the best pelicans company, and even out the numbers - so that both ?being a pelican? and ?being a camel? is totally normal in London Zoo?s New Pelican & Camel Experience.
The argument against quotas is that it would mean that a lot of stupid, ill qualified women would get jobs, an that wouldn't be "right." And it wouldn't be right. It is, however, totally normal. After all, in an office that?s 70% men, at least 20% of them are going to be wildly ill-qualified desk-meat, smashing at the keyboard with their faces, and making a total hash of it. Of course they are. That?s just statistics. People who are anti positive discrimination are ignoring the fact that we?ve been giving jobs to MILLIONS of stupid, unqualified people for millenia: men.
Please don?t misunderstand ? I am not prejudiced against the stupid men. Or the stupid women, for that matter As we all know, any office ? from Budgens in Crouch End to the White House ? only needs three clever people to run it. Everyone else there is essentially just a background extra, to stop the important, capable people feeling lonely.
I would also try to change the working structure of this country by insisting that the pubs, libraries and banks that are being closed down were compulsory purchase ordered by the Government, and turned into home-working hubs, instead of yet another sodding boutique shop, betting shop or charity shop. Imagine if you and your partner could walk, with the kids, to a local hub, drop the kids off at the Hub Nursery, take your laptops to the Hub Office and work there, pick up the kids for a lunch in the Hub Cafe, work the afternoon, pick up a ready meal from the Hub Shop, and your dry cleaning from the Hub Luandry, then walk home. No commuting, no pollution, work/life balance, time with your kids, time with your partner, connection with your local community. Come on. I'm a genius. It's amazing.