Back in the day, even more than class, having a parent or family that valued education was a huge determinant of getting on in life. Bursaries and similar were available so class was not as much as a a factor. Simon Bridges and his Dad’s history is a really good example of that (In his Bio) and when I think back, it was a big factor for the handful of Maori friends I trained and worked with.

It isn’t hard at all. If a trans woman lives as a woman, she ought to be regarded as such — in fact she’s much more likely to be than not. It’s good that only a loud few bigots disagree, only a pity they exist at all.

Another puppet, when the time is right.

@Karolyn NZ actually does a better job pointing to the sex-based wage gap as not so much the difference between men and women (as is fashionable to say) but between mother and fathers. Indeed in both UK and US young professional women (<30 years old) are on average better qualified and higher paid than their male counterparts as are women over 40 who have never had children.

Why do you think the wage gap exists once a child is born? What choices do men and women as parents tend to make. Do you see this as socially mandated or personal preference?

Otherwise in reference to Gagarin, if we consider other sex-based stats such as educational outcomes, social isolation, suicide etc, are there conceivably any areas of society where men are disadvantaged?