Will international women's day be for them? Photo by Woodley Wonderworks (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/3597217248)

Oh no, it is that time of the year again. International women’s day will come up in two weeks. What will we write about? Should we write anything at all? We already did this thing during election campaign. What else is there to say? I mean, is there anything to say about the situation in the EU?

Yes, nice for President Barroso that the Commision is composed of one third of female Commissioners

Yes, good that EP is supporting measures to combat violence against women and trafficking, and good it is debating pay & equality gap. Yes, nice for President Barroso that the Commision is composed of one third of female Commissioners. All policies are in place. Gender mainstreaming is all around. If there are no more women on higher positions, it is simply because women are not good enough. Or don’t want to. Or a combination.

Really? Do the gender-career implicit association test and see for yourself if international women’s day is for you or not. It’s there to enlighten me for sure.

P.S. You can check here if the test exists in your own mother tongue. Enjoy.

P.S. P.S. Back in the eighties my physics teacher told the class while explaining the formula for calculating the perimeter of a circle, that the girls did not need to pay attention.: girls would take a piece of rope in case they would want to sew a table cloth in the future. Good teacher.