Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Westpac Bank's Ad

Today, I saw a Westpac Bank Ad that states "women has on average half of men's super". I think this statement is a good way to instill the fear of losing out to men onto women.

This ad is a manipulation of numbers because as you can see from the top 10 richest Australians, there is only 1 woman at the top. And this has already skewed the data by a mile.

We also have to take into account the maternity leave and housewives out there (assuming they include the non-working people as well).

My conclusion, don't get fooled so easily by the bankers' claims and do your own analysis.