Global GDP Could Jump by $7 Trillion by Closing Gender Gap
This is just a stupid numbers game with no awareness of what is behind the numbers. Yes: If women behaved like men, there would be bigger incomes for them. But they do NOT behave like men so the results are different
The global economy is losing out on at least $7 trillion of economic gains each year due to a failure to reach gender parity in the workforce, according to a new analysis that comes as progress on equal pay stalls.
That’s based on estimates by Moody’s Analytics, which assumes a scenario where there’s no gender gap in labor force participation, as well as management, in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development nations.
Yet these 38 nations, which include some of the largest developed economies in the world, such as the US, UK and Japan, have seen the development on equal pay for women fall behind.
A recent report by Pew Research Center found that pay parity has stagnated in the US for the last two decades, with women in 2022 earning an average of 82% of what men earn. The comparative pay was 80% in 2002. Meanwhile in the European Union, women may be waiting until 2086 for equal pay.
“There has been progress, but it’s not going nearly fast enough,” said Dawn Holland, director of economic research at Moody’s Analytics and co-author of the report. “There are a lot of complex sort of issues behind these gender gaps” such as social norms which take a long time to shift, she said.
The gap is particularly apparent among upper-management, with only 23% of executive roles globally held by women, according to Moody’s Analytics. While women are more likely to make further investments in education, they tend to land lower-level and lower-paid jobs, the report said.
While the authors caution that they are making “back-of-the-envelope” calculations with caveats, gender parity in the labor force for people aged 25-64 across OECD nations could raise global economic output by 6.2%, they said. That could rise a further 0.7% if the share of female managers and professionals increased to match men.
Holland said measures such as paid maternity and paternity leave, as well as more affordable childcare could help close the gender gap and suggested the world may be at a turning point. “Equality is sort of on the radar of all countries in a way that it hasn’t always been,” she said.
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‘They Think They’re God,’ Tulsi Gabbard Says of People ‘Trying to Erase Us as Women’
Former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard condemned certain powerful elements in the modern Democratic Party, telling The Daily Signal on Friday that some Democrats undermine Americans’ “God-given rights” and weaponize federal agencies against the “very people they’re supposed to be serving.”
Speaking of the Democrats and others pushing transgender ideology, Gabbard said, “they think they’re God,” able to define the very nature of truth itself.
The notion that biological males are truly women if they claim to identify that way is “insane on its face,” the former Democrat said in an interview with The Daily Signal at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, outside Washington, D.C.
“Anyone who has any common sense recognizes the insanity of what is happening before our very eyes,” she said. Yet the transgender movement also reveals “a deeper problem,” that “people in positions of power deny that there is such a thing as objective truth, such as the difference, the biological difference between a male and a female.”
Gabbard warned that some powerful people “deem themselves as the arbiter of what is true and what is not,” which leaves “no guardrails” in American society. “We have no floor and no ceiling if there is no such thing as truth, and if the only truth that exists is whatever the people in power say it is. This points to the dangerous path of where this ideology leads us, goes far beyond the trans ideology and the erasure of women that we’re seeing in our society right now, and it should be concerning to everyone.”
The Daily Signal asked why some people have adopted an ideology at odds with truth and biology.
“Well, because they think they’re God and they think that they are the ones who get to determine what is true and what is not,” she said.
Gabbard rejected the Democratic Party due to this ideology and this abuse of power, she said.
The party of President Joe Biden is “wildly out of touch with the people of this country, with the Democratic Party that I joined 20 years ago,” she explained. An “elite cabal of warmongers” controls the party, and “they are intent on undermining our God-given rights and freedoms that are enshrined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. They are rejecting the reality of objective truth and biology and trying to erase us as women, as an entire category of people, undermining the rule of law.”
She further warned that the party “has led us to the brink of nuclear war.”
Gabbard also addressed the FBI’s recent memo urging agents to develop “sources with access,” including in “places of worship,” to probe an alleged relationship between “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists” and “radical-traditional Catholic ideology.” The memo cited the Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing group notorious for branding mainstream conservative and Christian nonprofits “hate groups.” The FBI retracted the memo after a whistleblower published it, but questions remain about why the bureau published the memo in the first place.
The episode episode reveals how “agencies within our federal government” are “being weaponized against the very people they’re supposed to be serving, all to advance political ambitions and goals,” the former Democrat said. She recently testified before a U.S. House committee on this topic, warning that the weaponization of federal agencies “directly undermines the people’s faith and trust in the rule of law.”
“Once we lose that, then we start looking a hell of a lot more like a banana republic than a democratic republic,” she warned.
The problem extends far beyond the FBI, Gabbard argued. Citing the government-Big Tech collusion revealed in the “Twitter Files,” she said “just about every federal agency” has been “used for political purposes rather than the purpose that they exist, which is to serve all Americans.”
She urged the American people to “do something about it,” to exercise their free speech rights and vote against the status quo. “Fire the people who are abusing their power, who are serving only themselves and elect people who are truly committed to the Constitution,” who will put “the people’s interests above their own.”
Gabbard recently traveled to East Palestine, Ohio, the site of a train derailment and a toxic chemical spill. She recalled the “incredible pride” that the residents had for their “little village,” and their sense that the Biden administration had abandoned them.
“It’s important for us to stand up for our fellow Americans, whether they come from big cities or small towns, from blue states or red states,” she said. Gabbard lamented that residents of East Palestine are questioning whether there are “political motives for why they’ve been left behind.”
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/03/05/think-god-tulsi-gabbard-says-people-trying-erase-women
*************************************************Swimmer Riley Gaines Tied With Lia Thomas, but Only 1 Person Received a Trophy
Swimmer Riley Gaines wants to know, “Where are the feminists” in the fight to protect women’s sports?
“I think it’s extremely ironic that the people advocating for this are the same party, the same people who were once advocating for the empowerment of women,” Gaines said.
Gaines, a 12-time All-American and three-time Southeastern Conference champion, gained national attention last year after she tied with male swimmer Lia Thomas in the 200 freestyle at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Since having to swim against Thomas, Gaines has continued to share her story and advocate for the protection of women’s sports as a spokeswoman for Independent Women’s Forum. But Gaines says she is weary of being one of the few collegiate and professional female athletes proclaiming that men should not be allowed to compete with women and girls.
“Where are the people who once believed that women, real women in all of their uniqueness, could conquer the world and deserved respect and deserved equal opportunities?,” Gaines asked during an interview with The Daily Signal at the Conservative Political Action Conference just outside Washington, D.C., Saturday.
When it comes to sports, Gaines says she knows where some of the “feminists” are.
“Where’s Billie Jean King, who’s a trailblazer? She’s fighting for trans inclusion. Where’s Megan Rapinoe, who fought relentlessly for equal pay and equal resources and equal access for women’s sports? Oh, she’s fighting for trans inclusion,” Gaines said, adding that it is “worth mentioning that neither one of these women have daughters, and both of these women are done with their careers, so they have nothing to lose. They would rather virtue-signal than do what’s right and what’s moral and what’s fair.”
King, now 79, was a prominent female tennis player, winning 39 major titles during her career. In the 1960s and early 1970s, King advocated for the passage of Title IX, a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972 that prevents discrimination on the basis of sex within public education. King even “took to Capitol Hill to testify on behalf of Title IX and to speak to its need in order for girls and women to advance in their sport,” according to King’s website.
In 2021, King spoke out in support of a Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference rule that allows men who identify as women to compete on women’s sports teams.
“I’m proud to support all transgender athletes who simply want the access and opportunity to compete in the sport they love,” King said in a statement. “The global athletic community grows stronger when we welcome and champion all athletes – including LGBTQI+ athletes.”
Female soccer player Rapinoe, 37, plays on the United States women’s national soccer team and the OL Reign, a professional women’s soccer team based in Seattle.
Rapinoe, a two-time Women’s Wold Cup winner, has long been a vocal advocate for equal pay, arguing that professional female soccer players should be paid the same as men. Rapino’s advocacy paid off last year when U.S. soccer agreed in a settlement after a legal battle to pay female players at an equal rate to the men.
While Rapinoe was a leading voice for equal pay in women’s soccer, she is also a vocal supporter of allowing males who identify as female to compete in women’s sports.
“Show me the evidence that trans women are taking everyone’s scholarships, are dominating in every sport, are winning every title. I’m sorry, it’s just not happening,” Rapinoe told Time when asked about her view on “transgender inclusion in sports” during an interview last year. “So we need to start from inclusion, period,” the soccer player added.
When Gaines tied with Thomas at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships, she says she was told the trophy would be given to Thomas. When Gaines questioned the decision, she remembers the NCAA official telling her, “Well, for photo purposes, Lia has to have it. You can pose with this one, but you go home empty-handed. Thomas takes the trophy.”
In that moment, “it hit me across the head… this is not progress, this is not progressive,” Gaines said. “We are not moving forward. We are moving 50 years back in time to before Title IX, when women didn’t have equal opportunities in sports, by allowing men to infiltrate into our sports, into our locker rooms.”
The Biden administration has proposed changing the definition of the word “sex” in Title IX to include gender identity and sexual orientation.
Under that proposed change, men who identify as women would be permitted to use women’s restrooms, locker rooms, and participate on women’s sports teams. The proposed rule change remains under review.
“We [are] taking those opportunities away from women in the same lifetime as some of these trailblazers for women’s sports,” Gaines said. “In their same lifetime, they saw the benefits of Title IX and now they’re seeing that being taken away.”
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The Long March Through the Museums
Americans trust museums even more than history books and history professors as reliable sources of information. But is that trust warranted? Some museums are now telling a grossly distorted version of American history.
This is a deliberate extension of the long march through America’s institutions. The capture of our historic sites has been the concerted effort of interconnected organizations with considerable resources and part of the downstream impact of our biased higher education system.
As I have documented previously, James Madison’s home of Montpelier is one example of how historic sites have become ideological battlegrounds. Madison himself is now missing at Montpelier, as there are no exhibits dedicated to his significant accomplishments. The sole exhibit for children aims to teach them about race and slavery. This is done through books featuring “imagination exercises” for blacks and whites; one such exercise encourages children to imagine themselves not as the victim, but as the aggressor, whipping a fellow human being. Using state funds, Montpelier is also developing anti-racist curriculum for Virginia public schools. They are making a concerted effort to teach America’s children radical ideas.
And they are not alone. The Lincoln Cottage has developed social and emotional learning (SEL) curriculum and programming. According to Max Eden, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, the SEL curricular approach is infused with critical race theory (CRT). As Eden explains:
In “Transformative SEL,” “self-awareness” encompasses “identity,” with “identity” defined now through the lens of “intersectionality.” “Self-management” encompasses “agency,” with “agency” defined through “resistance” and “transformative/justice-oriented” citizenship. “Transformative SEL” also embraces “culturally relevant/responsive” pedagogy.
This approach was pioneered by Gloria Ladson-Billings, the professor who brought Critical Race Theory to K-12 education.
Both Montpelier and the Lincoln Cottage are owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which owns 27 historic sites around the country. Diversity and inclusion are two of their core values, and their Black Lives Matter statement asserts that historic preservation must “actively advance justice and equity” and “confront and address structural racism within our own institutions.” The Trust has $412 million in assets. The U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Secretary of the Interior serve on their board, and they lobby to influence how taxpayer preservation funds are spent.
Another notable organization within the space is the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), an alliance of 35,000 museums and museum professionals. The AAM also engages in advocacy efforts with policymakers, the press, and the public. They believe that museums should not just depict and preserve history, but also “champion an anti-racist movement” to create a “more just and equitable world.” Promoting diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI) and anti-racism is one of their four strategic priorities. The alliance recently assembled a task force of museum leaders, co-chaired by Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, to embed DEAI practices across the industry. The resulting report begins: “DEAI is integral to excellence in museum practice. FULL STOP.” The report further recommends that leaders and museum experts shift away from “white-dominant characteristics of perfection, risk aversion, and conflict avoidance.”
At the end of the report, the task force endorses additional resources, including Montpelier’s and the National Trust’s guidelines for teaching slavery and engaging descendants (which encompasses anyone who feels “connected to the work the institution is doing, whether or not they know of a genealogical connection”). In those guidelines, Montpelier and the National Trust contend,
Influential individuals and corporations are supporting these groups with considerable resources. The AAM’s DEAI working group was co-chaired by a representative of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which in 2020 launched a $250 million Monuments Project “to reimagine and rebuild commemorative spaces and transform the way history is told in the United States.” The Excellence in DEAI report by the task force was made possible by Mellon, Alice C. Walton, and the Ford Foundation. McKinsey & Company acted as a pro-bono partner to produce the AAM’s Strategic Framework that prioritizes DEAI and anti-racism. The National Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund also received funding from Ford, Mellon, and others, including George Soros’s Open Society Foundations.
Museum leaders and employees are exploiting the symbolic value of the sites under their stewardship. The chairman of the board at Montpelier has remarked that people go there to “worship” a president and a document, and that Montpelier should “leverage the meaning that [Montpelier] holds for the nation and for the world,” “reinterpret an iconic institution,” and “challenge its history.” Montpelier’s longstanding director of archaeology reportedly said that he “had no interest in honoring a ‘dead white president and a dead white president’s Constitution,’” and “that he needed to act ‘less like a bulldozer and more like a termite that undermined a building’s foundation, destroying it from within before tearing it down.’”
At an annual conference hosted by the American Association for State and Local History, participants were brainstorming about how to protect Critical Race Theory in classrooms. Noelle Trent from the National Civil Rights Museum encouraged her peers to subvert parents and legislatures by establishing partnerships with educators to teach CRT at museums through field trips and guest speakers.
These comments are revealing of the ideological capture of America’s museums and historic sites. Museum leaders are comfortable having such relatively public conversations because they are confident the vast majority of people in the room share their political views. Biased colleges and universities have been churning out graduates with museum studies and archaeology degrees for some time, and we are now experiencing the impact of those efforts.
Museums and historic sites are taking advantage of America’s trust to teach our children radical ideologies. Telling the complete story of America doesn’t mean we ignore our shortcomings, but it also doesn’t mean we gloss over our triumphs. Those triumphs include the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the ensuing “government for which philosophy has been searching, and humanity been sighing, from the most remote ages.” Demoralizing our children will at best make them indifferent to our country’s demise, and at worst ready revolutionaries in the project of tearing it down. That is what is at stake here.
https://www.heritage.org/american-founders/commentary/the-long-march-through-the-museums ?
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