Man Tax

[ford71V8]

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-f...ource=facebook

One representative complaint said the posters were..."discriminatory towards women".

Up to a 65% discount here and still its discriminatory

[Junkyard-Dog]

(Feminism is cancer).

[Pis-ton broke]

i haven,t laughed this much in ages.
maybe some sjw got her rags on
maybe a publicity stunt for extra business
maybe a secret lezo pick up place.

smoo, hey, so right brother.
if a women can do my job, i know they will get paid the same as me.

[Stefan]

All the "men" outraged by this and posting about their outrage on the internet, probably wont be recognised as men in the cafe and not get charged the 18% anyway.....

Untwist your knickers and harden up fellas, you don't need to go there..

[Franco Cozzo]

https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/handsome-her-brunswick

They've copped a flogging online with their rating now down to 1.7 stars

[FairmontGS]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/handsome-her-brunswick

They've copped a flogging online with their rating now down to 1.7 stars

Rating meaningless now, most of the posts are trolls for both sides.

[Work Horse]

I went into a shop the other day and a women was a bit mean to me.




I'm still not over it........

[Franco Cozzo]

https://www.economist.com/blogs/grap...08/daily-chart

I'm getting good mileage out of this café's shennanigans on another forum they've taken the bait hook, line and SUCKER!

[FairmontGS]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

https://www.economist.com/blogs/grap...08/daily-chart

I'm getting good mileage out of this café's shennanigans on another forum they've taken the bait hook, line and SUCKER!

Thanks for the link to a website that is less user-friendly than Photokent... Gave up.

[superyob]

Originally Posted by LeadFoot81

For those that are interested in the details, rather than using a headline to vent their frustrations:

"The cafe, which clearly advertises its rules on a chalk board, explained men will be charged the premium — and the gap donated to women’s services.
However co-owner Alex O’Brien told Seven News the surcharge, which is in place one week out of every month, wasn’t compulsory.
She also said none had so far refused to pay it and in a Facebook post overnight said the idea has been well supported overall."

"If people aren’t comfortable paying it or if men don’t want to pay it, we’re not going to kick them out the door,” she said.
“It’s just a good opportunity to do some good.”

It's just a novel way to donate to womens services.

I agree BTW, that at risk men are under-represented in general.

It's still sipping the socialist, cultural Marxist paradigm...

[LeadFoot81]

Originally Posted by superyob

It's still sipping the socialist, cultural Marxist paradigm...

I thought helping others out was the Aussie way?

[Mont5.0]

Originally Posted by LeadFoot81

I thought helping others out was the Aussie way?

Fixed for accuracy

[LeadFoot81]

Okay, when are you guys handing back your Medicare Cards?

Seeing as socialism is evil and no one's helping anyone out anymore?

[Ford_The_Win]

Originally Posted by LeadFoot81

Okay, when are you guys handing back your Medicare Cards?

Seeing as socialism is evil and no one's helping anyone out anymore?

Ahh, the ole Medicare straw man.

Perhaps we should ask the starving people of Venezuela what their thoughts are on socialism? Or maybe even the family of Charlie Gard?

I'm sorry LeadFoot81, but I must disagree with you on this one.

I think what superyob (and many others) are riled up about is that at some point, feminists stopped being pro-equality, and started being misandrist. This is one silly, trivial example, but some of their agitation has caused a lot of pain for men. The family court system is one thing that springs to mind.

If the owners of this cafe believed in equality of the genders - however many there now are - and want to do something positive for women's charities, that's marvellous - why not charge all patrons a little extra? I understand why you might feel the way you do about this issue, but you do realise the gender wage gap is a fallacy, don't you? Women do tend to earn less, but that's not because they are paid lower wages. More women work part time and take time away from work to look after their families.

[Interceptor]

Originally Posted by smoo

What sort of men hang around a vegan cafe

Pretty much my first thought....

[Itsme]

Should have a sign on the door " Come in Suckers"

[Ben73]

Don't have to pay the tax if you refuse to go there.

If the pay gap is a real thing why isn't every company hiring as many women as possible.

Apparently the pay gap is due to men working longer hours, more likely to have a full time job over part time and willing to choose a career with hire wages over women who are more likely to choose a career they enjoy even if it pays less.

[pauljh74]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

I think what superyob (and many others) are riled up about is that at some point, feminists stopped being pro-equality, and started being misandrist.

You're making the mistake of believing feminism was ever about equality. You don't see feminists in the USA advocating for women to be registered for the draft to go along with their voting rights

[b0son]

Originally Posted by LeadFoot81

Okay, when are you guys handing back your Medicare Cards?

When they give us back our medicare levy?

[Franco Cozzo]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7900906.html

[Ford_The_Win]

Originally Posted by pauljh74

You're making the mistake of believing feminism was ever about equality. You don't see feminists in the USA advocating for women to be registered for the draft to go along with their voting rights

Perhaps I should have clarified - second (1960s) and third wave (2000s) feminists, certainly not. I do have a soft spot for the suffragettes of the 19th and early 20th centuries, though.

[damo6]

VEGETARIAN : ancient tribal slang for the village idiot who can't hunt,fish or ride.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by XB GS 351 Coupe

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/foo...5240f157774e31

Wow just wow.

And it appears the have Vulva Stones and Period Sticker Packs

Vegan Feminist Cafe That Imposed 18% “Gender Surcharge” on Men Closes Down

https://summit.news/2019/04/23/vegan...qHuNPl7rxXQgyw

Not enough male vegans in Melbourne bro

The cafe attracted numerous negative reviews on Trip Advisor, with one man saying he had to deal with an “aggressive and irate woman” who called him a “vile beast” because he said he was dissatisfied with his meal.

My bad

[buggerlugs]

Did you pop in for a feed Damo ??!!

[Ben73]

Get woke, go broke.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by buggerlugs

Did you pop in for a feed Damo ??!!

Nah, I hate Bolshewick - its like some dystopian Melbourne suburb where the women have blue hair and more tattoos than the blokes in Melton but dress like its 1950

Originally Posted by Ben73

Get woke, go broke.

Wokeback Mountain

[asagaai]

Look- a man tax is small price to pay for being a man.

Walked to Tasman Peninsula Cape Huay with wife in January.

Over the 5 hour walk in heat I drank lots, and when need arose stood on side of track and whipped out old slanger and relieved myself numerous times and kept downing the water.

Wife who was moderating drinking cause she had to go out in bush for privacy had an epiphany and with some annoyance when I again whipped it out nonchanantly for another comfort release on side of track snapped :

Its so unfair- it must be so good to be a man.

Being a bloke with some things sux like fixing plumbing and doing the crap jobs in roof/under bearers/joists, but all up its a good thing

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by asagaai

Being a bloke with some things sux like fixing plumbing and doing the crap jobs in roof/under bearers/joists, but all up its a good thing

There's a bit more to it than just unpleasant jobs around the house.

More likely to be murdered
More likely to be attacked randomly by a stranger.
More likely to die at work.
More likely to receive a harsher sentence in court.
More likely to commit suicide.
More likely to die from war.
There's many more things too. Some are trivial, some are serious.


However it's not a competition, men have it better in some areas and women have it better in other. If people want proper equality you have to look a bit deeper than just virtue signalling with a fake tax trying to make up for an earnings gap which is disguised as a wage gap.

[asagaai]

Originally Posted by Ben73

There's a bit more to it than just unpleasant jobs around the house.

More likely to be murdered
More likely to be attacked randomly by a stranger.
More likely to die at work.
More likely to receive a harsher sentence in court.
More likely to commit suicide.
More likely to die from war.
There's many more things too. Some are trivial, some are serious.


However it's not a competition, men have it better in some areas and women have it better in other. If people want proper equality you have to look a bit deeper than just virtue signalling with a fake tax trying to make up for an earnings gap which is disguised as a wage gap.

Ben- I was being tongue in cheek.

Agree with all you say- I just like the simplicity of not engaging in intellectual reality but rather picturing this scene when thinking of all those crusty man hating harridans- you cannot do this (picture standing and having an piddle) cause your equipment is not engineered to do this at all

[burnz]

but isn't gender a social construct??