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'Since the 1980s, governments around the world have been less interested in taxes as a means to redistribute resources, seeing tax more as a potential retardant to growth that must be contained. The result has been lower taxes on capital, corporations and high-income earners, and an increase in loopholes and incentives so that multinational corporations and the super-rich can avoid and evade tax.’

'The trope of the ‘crazy ex-girlfriend’ is so common it’s been satirised by Taylor Swift in her hit song ‘Blank Space’ and by Rachel Bloom in a whole Netflix series about a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'

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Studies have shown that a belief in your own personal objectivity, or a belief that you are not sexist, makes you less objective and more likely to behave in a sexist way. Men [..] who believe that they are objective in hiring decisions are more likely to hire a male applicant. And in organisations which are explicitly presented as meritocratic, managers favour male employees over equally qualified female employees.

“Things are worse for women in the US, which is one of only four countries in the world that doesn’t guarantee at least some paid maternity leave. […] even unpaid leave is only available to 60% of the workforce. There is nothing to prevent the remaining 40% of US women being fired. […] one in four American mothers return to work within two weeks of giving birth.”

Amerika is inhumaan.

“These men were experiencing even minor female representation as an iniquity. As far as they were concerned, the playing field was already level, and the entirely male line-up was just an objective reflection of merit.”

Ik ben net begonnen maar ik wil echt alles wat er in dit boek staat van de daken schreeuwen