http://www.allforwomen.com.au/92-of-australian-women-say-gender-balance-not-equal/ Online Community for Australian Women to connect and make friends Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:38:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.allforwomen.com.au/92-of-australian-women-say-gender-balance-not-equal/comment-page-1/#comment-41530 Kay Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:38:27 +0000 http://www.allforwomen.com.au/?p=987#comment-41530 Sorry- hadn't read this post before, but it's so close to home! Our household has always been pretty unequal on the household front with the occasional burst of great participation! Now that I have been unemployed for umpty years, you could expect it to be fairly unequal, maybe, but it still doesn't feel any better! It continues to irk me that the government now regards me as wholly dependent on a partner, when economic independence was pretty much a condition of me being in a partnership at all! The world seems to think that being dependent is a natural progression from being unable to get a job. However, when a woman has been on a professional salary and suddenly doesn't have a cent any more, it's a well-nigh impossible transition. I feel the psychological effects are insurmountable for me and will probably end in suicide, which the government would probably see as a good outcome! I'll no longer be a drain on Medicare!! Sorry- hadn’t read this post before, but it’s so close to home! Our household has always been pretty unequal on the household front with the occasional burst of great participation! Now that I have been unemployed for umpty years, you could expect it to be fairly unequal, maybe, but it still doesn’t feel any better! It continues to irk me that the government now regards me as wholly dependent on a partner, when economic independence was pretty much a condition of me being in a partnership at all! The world seems to think that being dependent is a natural progression from being unable to get a job. However, when a woman has been on a professional salary and suddenly doesn’t have a cent any more, it’s a well-nigh impossible transition. I feel the psychological effects are insurmountable for me and will probably end in suicide, which the government would probably see as a good outcome! I’ll no longer be a drain on Medicare!!

]]> http://www.allforwomen.com.au/92-of-australian-women-say-gender-balance-not-equal/comment-page-1/#comment-18823 Karina Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:04:20 +0000 http://www.allforwomen.com.au/?p=987#comment-18823 Sometimes we are also scared of asking for what we want because we feel we do not deserve it. "Ask and it shall be given" Sometimes we are also scared of asking for what we want because we feel we do not deserve it. “Ask and it shall be given”

]]> http://www.allforwomen.com.au/92-of-australian-women-say-gender-balance-not-equal/comment-page-1/#comment-17638 Fiona Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:18:56 +0000 http://www.allforwomen.com.au/?p=987#comment-17638 I'm VERY happy that I'm in Australia. I'm VERY happy that I'm in Australia.

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