For the first time in history young women are out-earning young men – and not by a small margin. According to the Centre for Social Justice women aged 16-24 now make nearly 10% more than their male peers in both white-collar and blue-collar jobs. In 2020-21, young men earned slightly more (£24,032 vs. £23,021), but by 2022-23, women surged ahead, earning £26,476 to men’s £24,283. The ‘Lost Boys’ report also found:
Former Tory MP Miriam Cates blamed politicians’ and the media’s “equality” drive for the findings, saying:
“For too long, politicians, policymakers, the media and the arts have turned a blind eye to the needs of boys in the name of ‘equality’. We are now reaping the whirlwind. Far from creating equality, we have penalised young men for the crime of being male, labelling them ‘toxic’ and ‘problematic’ and failing to provide a positive vision of masculinity. Things need to change, and fast.”
No surprise that nearly half of Britons say “women’s equality” has gone “far enough” then…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”