Bulgarian Men 'More Discriminated' Than Women

Business | March 8, 2011, Tuesday // 13:40
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Men 'More Discriminated' Than Women

The Bulgarian men obviously feel they are more discriminated than women, as most of the signals concerning gender discrimination in the country's special commission on the subject are filed by 'the stronger sex'.

Over the last 5 years, a total of 58 complaints for gender injustice have been received by the Bulgarian Commission for Protection against Discrimination – and, contrary to what one might expect, most of them have been given by men, the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency reports, as cited by the Dnevnik daily. The exact number of men and women who have claimed they have been discriminated, however, have not been mentioned in the report.

A male teacher has filed a complaint stating he has lost his job as a result of the education system's over-feminization. A father who wanted to look after his sick children has been forced to sign a declaration that no other family member is unemployed and able to do it, a declaration not intended for mothers – these are some of the cases described by Bulgarian media on March 8, which ladies' economic, political and social achievements. .

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