the more people who are self employed or run small businesses with small numbers of employees the better off we all are. This is what I was getting at with the glass ceiling being a psychological one, it takes a bit more effort and courage to be that independant instead of just getting a job (where there might be real sexist glass ceilings) - but it is a problem men and women equally suffer from.
I agree with you about small business being better and more sustainable economically. Not everybody wants to run a business though. And I wouldn't say it necessarily takes more effort and courage to run a market stall than it does to, say, become a barrister, a cleaner or a carer.
It requires an entrepeneurial spirit, but that's something not even half of the population possesses. It'd actually be less sustainable if everybody did.
Essentially though, what you're saying is "like it or lump it".
Ceres said:
I'm inclined to see 'feminism' as nothing more than female chauvinism, which is no different from male chauvinism.
Then you're totally ignorant about feminism. It's about equality, not superiority. So how on earth is that chauvinistic?
Ceres said:
Anyway, what better example of how much fairer and nicer women would be if they made the rules is there than maggie thatcher?
Who talked about women 'making the rules'?
And Thatcher was merely the figurehead of a faction within the Tory party - she wasn't directly responsible for every policy decision that was made during her tenure.
I'm talking specifically about the majority of the women I've encountered throughout my life here .
That certainly wasn't clear fom your post. Evidently at least one of these women has upset you though.
Little Princess delusions are indeed annoying, but out of all the women I know, very few of them (in fact, I struggle to think of more than maybe one) perceive themselves that way. Or if they do, they hide it well.