CJ Morgan, gender apartheid, in the form of discrimination against women, self-evidently caused the economic meltdown. this thread is about the provision of equity to overcome gender apartheid. here, the discussion is about a solution not the problem. your comment is off topic.

*gender apartheid, in the form of discrimination against women, self-evidently caused the economic meltdown.*

Err actually not so Whistler. The two people in charge of
compliance at the SEC, who should have picked up Mandoff and other
fraud schemes, were in fact women.

So do we now conclude that because oxytocin has been shown to
affect gullibility, that women are in fact responsible for the
economic meltdown and should no longer have those kinds of positions
of authority, due to possible hormonal influences?

Ah I can see this turning into the successor of "New Rules for OLO" thread as far as windbag slapping is concerned..

Nice one Yabby... yes SEC was as effective as a school girl enjoying the onset of her first experience of PMT...

blaming women acting under male supervision is not a conclusion the authors of the article under discussion at the commencement of this thread reached.

for those unfamiliar with the way most constitutional democracies work, absent women's legislatures, regulators do what men's legislatures tell them to do.

Is that 2mf.net site yours, whistler? Fascinating.

Do you still suffer from "anxiety neurosis" "intentionally inflicted" upon you by others?

Whilster, I think you are whistling in the wind on this one :)

If you check it out, those women were heads of their departments
and they failed in their duties. I have seen no reports which
state that they were told to ignore any crooks.

Hopefully they will now be fired, for they were clearly
not able to do their jobs. The global economy is paying
a high price for their failure.

The reality is that there are smart men and dumb men, smart
women and dumb women. People should be promotoed on their
abilities, not on the basis of their sexual organs.

But I do accept that there will be failed women out there,
who rather then soulsearch the lack of their own talent,
will rationalise it all away by blaming men for their lack
of accomplishments.

That is human nature, blame anyone but ourselves.