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What if we've had gender the wrong way around? What if, for workplace parity, we focused on men?

Written by Rachael Bolton, PhD student, Media and Communications, University of Sydney

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Boosting workforce participation has been the gender catchcry for at least a decade.

Women are paid less than men? Increase female workforce participation! Want to boost the economy? Increase female workforce participation!

It can look like a simple and attractive solution.

After all, around one fifth of the wage gap is due to women taking...

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