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FRIDAY, 11 MARCH, 201110
Whatweird andwackyjobs wouldyou do formoney?
ionanalysisin your view
Siobhan Hill, 19, Film
in my view...
Students aren’t to blame for choosing unconventional jobs
“Lapdancing contra-
dicts education but if
the money gets you
through uni then yeah,
it!s ok.”
Blame the boyssays Rachel Lovett
I was truly angered by the news of
women’s car insurance being
raised by up to 25 per cent.
This is a huge amount when pre-
miums for the pleasure of driving,
coupled with extortionate petrol
prices, are already crippling the
purses of young female drivers.
And to add insult to injury, the
European Court of Justice has
allowed the price of premi-
ums for men to DROP by
10 per cent.
Now I’m all for equal-
ity, generally. But statis-
tics do show that women
can and do drive more
safely than men. There-
fore why should we be
penalised for not
causing accidents?
The department
of Transport has
said the 95 per
cent of acci-
dents in the
UK are
caused by young men. So why
should young, careful women foot
the bill?
The boy racers in their pimped-
out Corsa’s, however, are being re-
warded for their excessive speed
and bad lane discipline. The saying
‘innocent til proven guilty’ is
thrown out as a defence for men –
but my argument is why give them
the chance to be guilty? Women
could end up paying an extra
£9,300 each between the ages of 17
to 26 to cover the costs of acci-
dents caused by young men.
Judging premiums based
on gender-related risks
isn’t breaching equality
rules, it’s just common
sense.
Women may not have
the spatial awareness to
park beautifully every
time, but the accidents
caused by young male
drivers are a far worse
crime. And worse than
that is if we women
have to pay for their
mistakes.
Points of view: Car insurance costsGet over it, girlssays Matt Lanyon
Trying to get the money together
to buy your first car can often be
hard enough, but when you add
on the cost of insurance it almost
doesn’t seem worth it, especially
if you’re a guy.
While my female friends were
getting insurance on their first car
for a couple hundred pounds, I
was being quoted over £1,000.
Anyone who says that this isn’t
discrimination clearly doesn’t
know the meaning of the
word.
Is punishing male drivers
by lumping them with high
premiums, just because a few
boy racers can’t control their
cars, fair? No, not really.
Why should we all
be grouped together
because of a few
people?
I can safely say
that during my
time on the
roads I have
never been in an accident or
caused an accident, yet the last
time I renewed my insurance I
was paying over £900.
And are girls really the safer
drivers?
I know plenty of female drivers
whose driving has had me push-
ing that imaginary brake pedal on
the passenger side. Doing 50 in a
30 zone… yeah, because that’s re-
ally safe, isn’t it?
And who hasn’t spotted a girl
reading that essential text or
using the rear mirror to
apply make-up rather
than keep their eyes
on the road ahead.
If girls are so des-
perate to be regarded
as equals with guys,
they are just going to
have to learn to deal
with the price we pay
for car insurance.
It ain’t pretty but that’s
life. Maybe then some
of them will learn how
to read a speed sign.
“I!ve done tour guid-
ing and that paid well.
I wouldn!t do lapdanc-
ing but I think it!shot!”
Jason Presley, 21,
Business Management
Georgia Burt, 22,
Event Management
“Depends how much
they paid. I don!t think
I!d do lapdancing be-
cause I don!t want to
sell my body.”
The Guardian recently published
an article on students paying their
way through university by lap
dancing.
Exploring individual case stud-
ies, the article featured Solent stu-
dent who, due to a mounting loan,
had begun dancing at Aqua
Lounge.
It got IOnSolent questioning the
other less conventional career
choices students take in an at-
tempt to stay afloat financially.
Whilst lap dancing is hardly
the most desirable of profes-
sions, can we simply condemn
this student for her chosen
source of income?
As fellow students, we’re all
facing an ever-increasing
student loan, not to mention
the day to day necessities,
weekly food shops and occa-
sional nights out.
Taking that into consider-
ation, a few hours flaunting the
flesh to alleviate the financial
stresses that plague our university
years begins to sound like a worth-
while option.
It may be easy for outsiders to
wonder why all students can’t set-
tle for a simple bar or retail job.
splits. But we don’t live in a big,
bustling city, filled with endless
retail outlets and gastro pubs.
We live in Southampton; a small
city with two large universities.
This equals a mass of job hungry
students facing an area of low re-
cruitment possibilities.
The Guardian contacted Solent
regarding the article and a
spokesperson for the university
responded, saying any women
concerned financially should "con-
tact their university careers serv-
ice, who can identify student jobs
available both on campus and in
the region”.
Yet campus jobs at £6 an hour
doesn’t sound as tempting as
£200 per night, particularly when
thoughts of student loan repay-
ment cloud your mind. The fear
that a pair of stocky, big, beefey
bailiffs will turn up to reposes my
bedroom for the sum of £20,000
haunts me. The fact that my most
valuable possession is a Sex and
the City box set, minus disc 1,
haunts me more.
Whilst the university may offer
campus jobs, it’s not just extra
pocket money we’re after. T
The sad state of affairs is that
tuition fees and living costs those
without sufficient financial sup-
port in a difficult position.
Should we be taking a closer
look at why our educational sys-
tem is forcing students with finan-
cial difficulty into such careers?
by Katherine Romero
Unusual careers temptmoney-worried students