Equality

Ok, before anyone jumps to any conclusions, I do believe in chivalry and general gentlemanly conduct, however, increasingly, mainly in the workplace, I'm seeing that equal rights and the things many women fought for are becoming a term of convenience and not the equal world they desired.

We now live in a world of equal pay, equal political and social standings, equal opportunities and levels of respect that the Suffragette movement would be delighted to see.

However, some women take a lot of liberties when it comes to the equality front. Whilst being paid the same wage to provide the same role, why do we still live in a time where women can refuse to partake in roles that should now be unisex tasks.

Fair enough, if they struggle to lift certain items and they ask for help, no problem. I'm not getting at women and saying that all of them won't make an effort, but certain women I've worked with have been quick to refuse to attempt certain things, which I find highly frustrating.

Whether it's lifting a box, a table, a signpost or a decorative plant, they are all avoided by certain women and can casually decline the role just on the basis of being a woman. Surely, in this day and age, this is not the world ideallised by Emmeline Pankhurst and her fellow campaigners.

I don't mean to sound harsh or petty, but surely in the world we live in, everyone needs to be as capable as the next person for the equal rights movement to truly have any worth?