BigMouth Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 On average women have 6 - 8 years more in retirement than men. Whilst women of your generation were not able to get work they stayed at home with the easy option of childcare, whilst most men were out at work doing jobs that have proved injurious to their health, one of the reasons women live longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muckle Oxters Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 the easy option of childcare Ooh yah! Du's askin for trouble there BigMouth! I tink I'd rather be oot workin dan bydin hom we bairns! But bydin hom we bairns is liklee less hazardous dan workin at da fishin, so I see dy point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleepsie Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 On average women have 6 - 8 years more in retirement than men. Life expectancy at age 65 years in the UK did not improve for males and females in 2015 to 2017 and remained at 18.6 years for males and 20.9 years for females. A woman can expect to to enjoy 2.3 years more in retirement, not 6 to 8! https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2015to2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted January 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 It's nearer to 2.7 years axtra for women according to the confidence intervals in the NRS data for Shetland. Lets just round it up to a neat 3 years and ask women to retire 3 years later. Those years could be reduced by doing some of the nastier work men do, like freezing their gonads off whilst working to build the new Hjaltland flats opposite Islesburgh. Not a woman in sight. Cesspit driver and sludge pumper, essy cart crew, roadie teams, street sweeper, pelagic boat crew, lifeboat crew? Nigel Bridgman-Elliot and George. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelsup Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 This statement is basically untrue "Not a woman in sight. Cesspit driver and sludge pumper, essy cart crew, roadie teams, street sweeper, pelagic boat crew, lifeboat crew?" Except for maybe most of the pelagic boats or the essy kert. They're a bit like Up Helly Aa - members only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted January 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 Only Up Helly Aa seems to draw protests from women who want to join. I haven't seen a protest outside the new Hjaltland properties site, or for any of the other posts. Equality when it suits perhaps? Nigel Bridgman-Elliot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyboy Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 The idea that men die earlier due to overwork has been discounted for years. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151001-why-women-live-longer-than-men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelsup Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 There is no doubt that people should not be favourably or badly treated on the basis of sex/sexual orientation etc etc. But this post seems to be being used as a vehicle for venting anti-female spleen.Full time child-care was mentioned as if it is an easy option. FM. Well if done properly it certainly isn't. I've done it and find its less stressful labouring on a building site in winter. You have obviously had a bad experience. Frances144 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted January 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 Ah! Data from the BBC. Must be true then. No paedophiles at all, cough cough. Women have many advantages, some due to their sex, but many by the choices they make, stay at home and look after the kids or work in a nice warm office mostly. I am a great believer in equality and would like to see more women out there on building sites etc. I think women are on the whole great, but I hate the growing bunch of whingeing feminists who want equality, but only the nice bits, such as retiring 5 years before men. Nigel Bridgman-Elliot and George. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyboy Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 Are you suggesting the person who wrote that piece is a paedophile.Have you taken your evidence to the police? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 Never mind, with the number of 'other' genders there are these days, male and female will shortly be in a very small minority, and as such will be a moot point in any debate, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/15/benefit-rule-changes-could-cost-pensioners-in-uk-thousands-a-year-pension-credit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted January 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 State pensions are paid for by those in work. We have some very wealthy pensioners getting state pension. Perhaps the time has come to pay higher pensions to those that need it and none, or a reduced sum, to those that don't? George. and Nigel Bridgman-Elliot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelsup Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 My state pension isn’t a gift from a kindly government. I have more than paid for it in the last 50 years at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted January 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 No, you have paid the pensions of other people for the past 50 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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