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What if we've had gender the wrong way around? What if, for workplace parity, we focused on men?

  • Written by Rachael Bolton, PhD student, Media and Communications, University of Sydney
What if we've had gender the wrong way around? What if, for workplace parity, we focused on men?newbornbw

Boosting workforce participation has been the gender catchcry for at least a decade.

Women are paid less than men? Increase female workforce participation! Want to boost the economy? Increase female workforce participation!

It can look like a simple and attractive solution.

After all, around one fifth of the wage gap is due to women taking...

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