Liar
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Behind the tired old "I want my power back" whining and the fact that he draws some really odd conclusions, there are some interresting observations to this guy's statements. He's a populist dud and if not a misogynist, at least conservative on the verge of inertia fetishism.
The highlighted lines still made me think "yep..."
Post-industrialism IS one of the biggest shifts in society and the human mind since we fell off the branches. And it clearly favors social networking over physical competition, hermeneutic reasoning and patience over absolutism and brute force...even power hierarchies centering around one strong leader (the alpha male) are beginning to feel old.
Women does not rule the world, that pendulum has way to go before it's swung even half way, whatever Buerk says. But the way the world look, the traits that tradition have bestowed upon women, the same traits that have kept them away from power, are what now make them apt rulers.
Which is fine by me. I don't want power over anything but my private life. If that means my boss has boobs or balls, I couldn't care less.
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Women rule the world
LONDON: A British newsreader has launched an extraordinary attack on women bosses, claiming the "shift in the balance of power between the sexes" has gone too far and "life is now lived in accordance with women's rules".
The BBC's Michael Buerk has cited females in the top jobs at the broadcasting giant as an example, saying "these are the people who decide what we see and hear".
Mr Buerk, who complains that men have been reduced to "sperm donors", told Britain's Radio Times magazine that society needed to admit there was a problem.
"Life is now being lived in accordance to women's rules," he said.
"The traits that have traditionally been associated with men – reticence, stoicism, single-mindedness – have been marginalised.
"The result is that men are becoming more like women. Look at the men who are being held up as sporting icons – David Beckham and, God forbid, Tim Henman."
He said all people had to do was look at the changes in the workplace.
"There is no manufacturing industry any more; there are no mines and few vital jobs require physical strength."
"What we have now are lots of jobs that require people skills and multi-tasking, which women are a lot better at."
The former Nine O'Clock News newsreader, who now reads the news on BBC World, said some changes had been for the good, but asked: "What are the men left with?
"Men gauge themselves in terms of their career, but many of those have disappeared.
"All they are is sperm donors, and most women aren't going to want an unemployable sperm donor loafing around and making the house look untidy. They are choosing not to have a male in the household.
Products were now made for women, including cars because women control what is being bought, he said.
"Some people might argue that this is a case of the pendulum swinging over the woman's side for a change, and eventually it will find a happy medium.
"I'm not so sure about that," he said.
The highlighted lines still made me think "yep..."
Post-industrialism IS one of the biggest shifts in society and the human mind since we fell off the branches. And it clearly favors social networking over physical competition, hermeneutic reasoning and patience over absolutism and brute force...even power hierarchies centering around one strong leader (the alpha male) are beginning to feel old.
Women does not rule the world, that pendulum has way to go before it's swung even half way, whatever Buerk says. But the way the world look, the traits that tradition have bestowed upon women, the same traits that have kept them away from power, are what now make them apt rulers.
Which is fine by me. I don't want power over anything but my private life. If that means my boss has boobs or balls, I couldn't care less.
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Women rule the world
LONDON: A British newsreader has launched an extraordinary attack on women bosses, claiming the "shift in the balance of power between the sexes" has gone too far and "life is now lived in accordance with women's rules".
The BBC's Michael Buerk has cited females in the top jobs at the broadcasting giant as an example, saying "these are the people who decide what we see and hear".
Mr Buerk, who complains that men have been reduced to "sperm donors", told Britain's Radio Times magazine that society needed to admit there was a problem.
"Life is now being lived in accordance to women's rules," he said.
"The traits that have traditionally been associated with men – reticence, stoicism, single-mindedness – have been marginalised.
"The result is that men are becoming more like women. Look at the men who are being held up as sporting icons – David Beckham and, God forbid, Tim Henman."
He said all people had to do was look at the changes in the workplace.
"There is no manufacturing industry any more; there are no mines and few vital jobs require physical strength."
"What we have now are lots of jobs that require people skills and multi-tasking, which women are a lot better at."
The former Nine O'Clock News newsreader, who now reads the news on BBC World, said some changes had been for the good, but asked: "What are the men left with?
"Men gauge themselves in terms of their career, but many of those have disappeared.
"All they are is sperm donors, and most women aren't going to want an unemployable sperm donor loafing around and making the house look untidy. They are choosing not to have a male in the household.
Products were now made for women, including cars because women control what is being bought, he said.
"Some people might argue that this is a case of the pendulum swinging over the woman's side for a change, and eventually it will find a happy medium.
"I'm not so sure about that," he said.
