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Even when women and men have equal retirements' age - the average life expectancy is 10 years longer for women. That means mandatory retirement fund is indirect
by ajuc 10y ago
Even when women and men have equal retirements' age - the average life expectancy is 10 years longer for women. That means mandatory retirement fund is indirect wealth transfer from men to women. Unequal retirements' age just makes it even more unfair.
It's sad that blatantly obvious differences between genders are fought when they are bad for women (STEM employement, rape, home violence) and ignored when they are bad for man (suicide rate, life expectancy, rights after divorce).
I doubt we will ever see positive discrimination for male patients in hospitals for example, even if it could decrease the life expectancy gap :)
- gaius 10y agoThe equalisation of retirement age in the UK was not without controversy https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jan/09/state-pension-inequality-cost-women-20000-campaign https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jan/09/state-pension-... Also car insurance https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/oct/05/car-insurance-women-rise-premiums-eu-ruling https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/oct/05/car-insurance-...
- bluecalm 10y agoI am not arguing your point but it should be about life expectancy once productive age is reached not life expectancy overall. Maybe there are other factors which causes many young men to die but it evens out once productive age is reached (pure speculation but I feel it's an important distinction for the point to be valid).
- ajuc 10y agoAccording to this: https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/longevity.cgi https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/longevity.cgi it's only 3-4 years at 25 y.o. Still significant. Also I would like data from other countries, I suspect they are worse.