Discrimination is an expensive luxury

Long before this year is over, we will probably be tired of hearing about International Women's Year! There is no doubt, however, that knowledgeable women can produce a good deal of evidence to show the need for some positive efforts, whether by legislation or otherwise, to overcome the discrimination which apparently prevents some able women from achieving their full career potential. The proposed legislation on equal opportunity has much in common with the legislation on racial equality, and in many ways the situation has parallels if one considers the two major groups of British subjects who are disproportionately represented amongst the lowest levels of occupation, with the worst pay and smallest chance of promotion.