The MSM coverage of the Labour Party remit, led by right wing propagandists, is riddled with sexism and the same traditional masculinist values that marginalise the poor and those with least power.
...[Judy] McGregor focused on two aspects of gender and politics that are in need of urgent attention, and which are covered in remits considered at the conference. The representation of women in the House, and equal pay have gone backwards since NAct have been in government. McGregor presented statistics to show that the proportion on women MPs has declined, while the gender pay gap is now the biggest it has been for 10 years.
...In focusing on the pay gap, McGregor focused on the paid workforce. While this is in crucial need of attention, she also neglected the underlying framework, in which women are still preferred in caring roles, paid and unpaid, and which are given low status by society. McGregor drew on her undercover experience, working in age care facilities. This low paid work is largely done by women for less than $14-15 per hour. Nurses create a positive caring culture, but earn less than employees with similar qualifications, doing similar work in other hospitals. McGregor described it as a “form of modern day slavery”.
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