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The topic is inequality and I was just giving evidence of one area where there is clearly a huge disparity between men and women. You have all discussed the reasons why you think there are fewer females in leadership positions, but nobody is questioning whether or not it should be this way...

Many of the opinions here are really highlighting inequality. I've noticed my friends, family and probably my future employer will: -Expect me to have children -Expect me to get married -Expect me to take around 5 years off work when I have children -Expect that I would like to be at home...

Well I just don't think women should have to choose between taking time off to raise children and eqality. We deserve both. CEOs tend to be in their 50s. Lots of women have fully grown children by this age. I see no reason why a woman can't be a board member if her children are in their late...

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But there are examples of mothers who are also amazing business leaders. It is possible. So why is it such a rare thing? I don't think that 10.7% is reasonable. Perhaps at 30% or 40% you could argue that the difference comes down to the choices of women to be stay at home mothers. The...

If you believe in equality then you're actually a feminist. Many feminists disagree on how to achieve equality, but that doesn't make one feminist any less of a feminist than the other. To be a feminist you don't have to agree with every other member of the "movement". It would be like labeling...

I suggest you open a dictionary and check the meaning of the word feminist. If you asked women do you believe in social, economic and political equality between the sexes wouldn't most reply yes? That's all feminism is. If you believe in equality between the sexes then you're a feminist...

Are you a feminist?

What would cause the AUD to drop?

Is it possible that we could see inflation in the prices of necessities like fuel/food/energy etc because of increasing oil prices and the emissions trading scheme but at the same time see growth slow and unemployment increase because of the high AUD, high cost of oil and other problems...

The problem is when people start applying their generalised view of Gen Y to individuals like me and others that post here. It's really irritating!

Exactly! My parents had it hard. I personally have it a little better than them, but I still face a lot of difficulties. You can't say that a person from one generation has it better than a person from another generation because it's a GENERALISATION! You can't just ignore current issues that...

No, of course not. Some of the most successful business people don't even have 1 degree. Especially the older people working in finance! They work off experience rather than degrees. But things are different now to how they used to be. When I'm at careers events and I ask the young...

I don't understand why people think that Gen Y assumes that their parents had it so easy??? If I find a graduate position earning $50k I will be earning more than either of my parents ever earned!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Neither of my parents finished high school or went to university, and neither of...

I think that Brian Johnson's interview is a good summary of how I see things, he is just better at expressing it than I am! http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2008/20080331_debt/interviews.htm The interview is quite old but I think it's still really relevant.

Wow! I think some of the arguments on here are so vicious and personal, not to mention ageist. I won’t be contributing anything else to this discussion!

I don't go to UWS. I learn about financial and economic theory/math at uni but I try to read/watch the news and follow the markets, I visit this forum, read books and watch documentaries so my opinions come from a lot of different places. I definitely don't blindly believe everything my...

One of my property lecturers (middle aged) thinks that the property market is safe because of high immigration. He is a very successful property investor. He doesn't rule out a crash though. He says he *hopes* there won't be a crash. I think that is a good attitude to have. Even though he...

I did say our laws were different so it wouldn't happen to the same extent here! But many investors and companies have trusts and other legal structures to protect themselves set up don't they? So wouldn't many of them walk away? Law isn't one of my strengths so I might be wrong! You're...

With my example I was trying to highlight how all things held constant leveraged property investment is riskier than non-leveraged investment in the share market. Had Scott advised people to get into the property market he is essentially advising young people to take on a huge amount of debt and...