Well the headline was a bit misleading in this article: BBC News - New Zealand boss Alasdair Thompson sacked in sexism row when it appeared in my RSS reader. It was displayed as: NZ menstruation-row boss sacked. And while most of his babble is more or less a load of bollocks (at least in my experience there is no clear difference in productivity between men and women – both tend to be goddamn slackers), the part about menstruation is (again, in my experience) quite true. And it seems it's precisely the part that caused the most outrage from women.
You know, I do not read 1984 anymore. Poor Mr. Orwell was too scared of Communism to see that tyranny of one party is not the only way. When you get "reverse discrimination", it gets much nastier. Under the guise of trying to right the wrongs you just get the same old sexism, racism, any other -ism – only this time it's directed at the perceived "oppressor". Robbing Peter so Paul would thrive is no way to bring forth the equality they speak of.
If Mr. Thompson can't prove that women do less work because of menstruation, he ought to be sacked. But if he can prove it (and maybe he can) – well, all the angry voices should shut up. But that's impossible for now...
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