Who Do You See? Who Do You Really See?: 1950s Woman

By Ivy Barrow

In 1995 and again in 2011, the government of the day decided to change the State Retirement Age for women. It appears to have been one of the country's best kept secrets, because years later evidence reveals that very few women impacted by this change, were officially informed about it. Most women found out by accident, or when they commenced making enquiries about the amount of state pension they would receive at 60. Often these enquiries were made approximately 12 months before the date they believed their retirement would commence. A noticeable number of women have been significantly disadvantaged by those legislative changes, (approximately 3.8 million) and this publication explores the human factors that continue to arise from the changes in state pension legislation.A proportion of women born in the 1950s have been sidelined in a discriminatory manner, all under the banner of reducing expenditure from the public purse and equality. We are described as if we are leeching off the young, and the state pension is always described as a benefit. It is not a benefit, it is not a hand out, it is something that has been paid for since teenage years, as part of a contract made with the government of the day.No civilised society should hide behind sound bites and negative descriptions for those who have worked hard and paid all that was asked of them. 1950s women have been discriminated against merely for being women, many of whom feel abandoned by the government. The fine line that many of these women walk (e.g., which bills can be paid, and which can be deferred) is clearly evident in the selection of Impact Statements shown in one of the chapters. Legal action is likely to be pursued to correct this injustice. Watch this space.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980850623
• ISBN13: 9781980850625
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"