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Is Feminism Still Worth It?

Catherine Balavage | Posted 04.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle
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Catherine Balavage

Recently I came across an article that women still do more housework than men , so I started asking my friends if they did more housework than their men. The answer was yes. My experience is the same. Yet when it comes to money I split everything down the middle with my boyfriend, and so do my friends.

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The Week That Was: A Case for Positive Discrimination

Carla Buzasi | Posted 15.03.2012 | UK Politics
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Carla Buzasi

As a general rule, I've always been against positive discrimination, and not just because anything with the word 'discrimination' in its make-up seems to be a bad thing. My opinion wasn't so much that minority or discriminated groups didn't need a helping hand, but I hated the idea that it could ever be questioned whether someone got a job simply to fill a quota. Well, I've changed my mind. And, in part, I blame Kira Cochrane.

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