对男女平等的再认识——兼论男女是否应当同龄退休

提倡男女平等,是社会进步的表现,体现了时代的文明。但男女平等不能简单地理解为男女一模一样。真正的男女平等应该体现在针对女性的不同特点给于与男性不同的待遇,正如《婚姻法》规定最低结婚年龄男女有别,《劳动法》禁止安排女职工从事矿山井下、森林伐木等重体力劳动一样。就退休年龄而言,无论男女延长退休年龄都是发展趋势,在现阶段,可以试行弹性退休制,尊重个人的选择。

A Re-understanding of Equality between Men and Women: Whether Men and Women should Retire at the Same Age

To promote gender equality embodies social progress and civilization of age.However,equality between men and women can not be simply interpreted as exactly the same for men and women.Real equality between men and women should be reflected in the different treatment in the response to the different characteristics of men and women,just as the different minimum marriage age for men and women regulated by the Marriage Law,and the Labor Law prohibits female workers engaged in underground mining,forest logging a...