see url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43342969
Lady Judge, ChairMAN of the Institute of Directors suspended after being
accused of making racist and sexist remarks and bullying behaviour.
Quote<<<She allegedly told the IoD's director general last April that
"the problem is we have one black and one pregnant woman [on the IoD
secretariat] and that is the worst combination we could possibly have".
Lady Judge said she wanted to make clear that she was seeking to have
those individuals removed from their positions "solely on the basis of
their performance".
"My acknowledgement that issues of race and pregnancy could complicate
their removal both legally and from the standpoint of public perception
is an observation I believe most lawyers would make, and that many
non-lawyers also know to be true. I was addressing the likely
consequences of their dismissal, not the reasons for it."
Lady Judge apologised for the way she had expressed herself in that
conversation: "I realise I expressed myself in a way that sounds crude
and insensitive. I regret that and apologise for it.">>>End of Quote.
Really, if women didn't get pregnant, business would be more efficient
and business like...Problem is, if women couldn't get pregnant, and men
couldn't get pregnant, then to whom would we sell goods and services in
the future? But...hey, that is not the kind of futurism that those
people believe in...they want all the money right away. Maybe we could
take the "Brave New World" solution and breed children in tanks, with
tailored choices regarding race, sex, intelligence and longevity and
insusceptibility to disease...
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Also...see
see url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-43335030
A woman cleaner was ordered to clean off a piece of graffiti celebrating
International Women's Day which had been sprayed on the wall of
Clarendon House, belonging to the Bodleian Library. Very sensitive
behaviour indeed by the storage facility of the leading academic and
educational institution of the world. After drawing the attention of
those leading intellectuals, bosses and such like, an apology was
offered. How galling!
Enjoy,
ATB
Dougie.