Comments on: Finnish families with children not keeping up with the Jones’s http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/07/28/finnish-families-with-children-not-keeping-up-with-the-joness/ Politics, current events, culture - From Finland & United States Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:38:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Syltty http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/07/28/finnish-families-with-children-not-keeping-up-with-the-joness/#comment-5903 Syltty Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:58:10 +0000 /?p=782#comment-5903 "Ouch! So much for feminism, female workers??? solidarity, and all that noise - in Finland. Actually, this is a time when all of these things are most needed. My personal experience tells me that a young working woman???s biggest obstacle in entering the working world is not other women" Every extra benefit to women (which are practically always mothers benefits), is just going to cut down womens salaries and employment. “Ouch! So much for feminism, female workers??? solidarity, and all that noise - in Finland.

Actually, this is a time when all of these things are most needed.
My personal experience tells me that a young working woman???s biggest obstacle in entering the working world is not other women”

Every extra benefit to women (which are practically always mothers benefits), is just going to cut down womens salaries and employment.

]]> By: Tiedemies http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/07/28/finnish-families-with-children-not-keeping-up-with-the-joness/#comment-5758 Tiedemies Sat, 30 Jul 2005 04:06:50 +0000 /?p=782#comment-5758 What bugs me about this "women get the worst of it", when talking about not getting a fixed contract is, that it is not really about gender <i>at all</i>. I have been working without one all my adult life, as have virtually all the people in my age group who work in the universities. It was only last year that I got a five-year contract, which is the best available. The fact of the matter is, that in the public sector people get these short-term contracts. There are more women there. What bugs me about this “women get the worst of it”, when talking about not getting a fixed contract is, that it is not really about gender at all. I have been working without one all my adult life, as have virtually all the people in my age group who work in the universities.

It was only last year that I got a five-year contract, which is the best available. The fact of the matter is, that in the public sector people get these short-term contracts. There are more women there.

]]> By: Anzi http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/07/28/finnish-families-with-children-not-keeping-up-with-the-joness/#comment-5744 Anzi Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:45:26 +0000 /?p=782#comment-5744 <i>Ouch! So much for feminism, female workers??? solidarity, and all that noise - in Finland.</i> Actually, this is a time when all of these things are most needed. My personal experience tells me that a young working woman's biggest obstacle in entering the working world is not other women. It's middle-aged men who are scared to death of facing the fact that they, along with their attitudes, have to change. It's inevitable. Ouch! So much for feminism, female workers??? solidarity, and all that noise - in Finland.

Actually, this is a time when all of these things are most needed.
My personal experience tells me that a young working woman’s biggest obstacle in entering the working world is not other women. It’s middle-aged men who are scared to death of facing the fact that they, along with their attitudes, have to change. It’s inevitable.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/07/28/finnish-families-with-children-not-keeping-up-with-the-joness/#comment-5740 Anonymous Fri, 29 Jul 2005 05:00:41 +0000 /?p=782#comment-5740 yo, starting part time or with a fixed contract seems to be the common way for women to enter their work life. That is for example a work internship during studies. I don't think this is much different for men however. I guess most enter into a job as a part time and or intern and then continue from there. yo, starting part time or with a fixed contract seems to be the common way for women to enter their work life. That is for example a work internship during studies. I don’t think this is much different for men however. I guess most enter into a job as a part time and or intern and then continue from there.

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