It’s safe to say that there’s never a dull moment on The Kyle and Jackie O Show, and Thursday morning’s episode was no different, with the topic of pay agreements for working mothers being discussed.
Joining hosts Sandilands and O in the studio on Thursday was Bruno Bouchet, the show’s creative content manager, who also happens to hold highly sexist, outdated and disproven beliefs.
Mostly, that working mothers should be paid less than working fathers and those without children.
Bruno Bouchet. Source: KIIS FM.
(News flash, Bouchet, many of them already are.)
Taking offence at Bouchet's opinion, Jackie O said, "Your views are quite sexist and you only ever notice when it’s the woman that needs to take the time off. Men need to take time off too," she said angrily.
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Haha, who cares what this moron thinks. My husband and I were listening to this show and laughing -it's so obviously done just to generate controversy, and they get this guy in so that Kyle doesn't have to play the "bad guy". My husband said he was having a go at dairy farmers the week before, for signing a bad deal (like one individual farmer is able to negotiate with Cokes or Woolies).
I guess these are the sorts of things people have to resort to for employment...so stay in school kids! Haha!
The people caring for the elderly and children in our society need to be given allowances for that. Their productivity MAY be less, their hours of paid work MAY be less, their ability to be flexible at work MAY be less. This is because they are busy performing ANOTHER SERVICE to society.
Those who believe that people choosing to have children shouldn't lean on others should put their names on a list, of people who forego the right to be cared for by anyone when they become elderly or infirm, because they didn't support the people who provide those carers. Children are future taxpayers people! Future carers. And continuers of the human species. Parenting is friggin' hard work. You should be grateful we're doing it so you don't have to. We're all in this together. Unless you think your income alone will comfort you when you're old and sick...
There's more than 7 billion people on a world that can sustainably support about 2 billion (according to World Population Balance, no idea how accurate their claims are), I think we'll be fine on the whole continuation of species thing.