Notes & jottings & random thoughts on Equal pay
No male equivalent of Poor little rich girl
A fortune is considered an integral part of a mans identity - Bill Gates
A rich woman is not a nice woman. Even though we know even a man has to be ruthless to make a fortune he may still be considered nice - Richard Branson
Gifts for difficult boys. Its not just that it always seems easier to buy a present for a girl - cash would somehow seem not quite right, unless she is a relative
Paying for sex. Or company Manchester United party
A girl gains status from a rich husband/boyfriend. A man is just as likely to be pitied if the positions are reversed
It is a fact universally acknowledged (at least until the latest developments in divorce settlements)
Money makes a man powerful, a woman vulnerable
'Autistic' aspects of accounting. Money started as brilliantly simple tokens of promises (to provide future goods or services). Women may be just as happy with emotional tokens
Money intimately tied up with maths - the beginnings of arithmetic & systems of numerals
Boys toys
But - women good money managers - especially on tight household budgets?
