BERNARD SHAW’S TALK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40041, 19 December 1929, Page 4

BERNARD SHAW’S TALK.

A EULOGY OF WOMEN.

“GETTING ON WttTH THE JOB.”

London, November 7.

Speaking at a house-wanning luncheon given by the journal Time and Tide, Mr. Bernard Shaw explained ivhy, in his view, ivomen so

I often succeed when they invade 1 realms hitherto regarded as sacred I to men,. His l’easons are that while 1 men are inveterate gossips, women, always impatient, are eager “to get on with the job.” Men, Mr. Shaw insisted, will sacrifice everything rather than 'make themselves unpleasant, hut women will make themselves nasty at the slightest stroke, and that is the secret of getting things done. Men, • Mr. Shaw went on, were not really hard-working. The reason wily they loved to get into politics and on to managements and to run hoards was 'because they were extraordinary fond of gossip—the kind of gossip that went on and on and on. In order to keep this up it was necessary to keep women out of newspaper offices, out of Parliament, and away from public bodies. They knew women would want to get things done, and men were saved this trouble by talking and talking and "talking. He had served on a public body, and knew. The natural view of man, Mr. Shaw continued, was that the world was the place for him to exercise his imagination and his faculties, and that woman should remain at home and should bear children and bring fresh men into the world. Men be : came blinded by that tradition, and the fact of the matter was that while they were sitting gossiping they thought they were really doing the work. Then women got on these bodies, and a check was put on the gossip. “When you wanted to adjourn,” continued Mir. Shaw, “women wanted to go on. That showed that they had no party spirit. They voted on what they thought ought to be done, and so showed that they had no political sense.” Referring to journalism, Mr. Shaw said: “Many of the male reviews are extremely able, but there is a peculiar male silliness about them. They have a tendency to gabble and gossip about things.”