Lol, one of my newspaper's columnists made me giggle. Not sure if this is the right thread, since it's more about feminism and woman's rights than it is about gender.
So over here in the Netherlands, a few years ago the government decided to raise the retirement age from 65 to 67 in 2020, and after 2020 keep it increasing directly proportional to average life expectancy.
The columnist argues that, since woman have a average life expectancy that is 5 years older than for men, it would only be fair to change the law, so that men are allowed to retire 5 years earlier than women.
"And before all our country's feminists come bashing in my door and calling me a sexist, they should consider this: If all the old geezers that work as top managers and directors, and in other top positions about which feminists constantly (and rightfully so) remind us that women are severely underrepresented, are forced to retire earlier than women, women representation will have room to increase."
(Note that over here, retirement is mandatory. You cannot keep your job and go on after retirement age. A 85 year old high court judge would not be possible here. There's few exceptions, amongst which are parliamentary and other politcal functions, board membership, and academic seats, although I do believe a professor will be kindly pushed to change his title and job to professor emeritus and work less than fulltime)