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re: Wage inequality and women
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:10 am to Mr.Perfect
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:10 am to Mr.Perfect
It
is
bullshite
Studies don't account for the fact that men and women often take type of different jobs (College education examples would be teachers versus engineers, non college education would be oil rig workers versus customer service/retail).
It also doesn't take into account that women often take time off for family and stuff like that so they tend to have less experience than their male counterparts.
Even further, men are more likely to negotiate and fight for higher salaries. Women tend to value work life balance and stuff of that nature more so than men. Basically, they are just happy having jobs more so than men.
The truth is, that is women really made 20% less than men for the same job, companies would be hiring them like crazy to help the bottom line.
It is a bullshite argument/talking point parroted by morons.
is
bullshite
Studies don't account for the fact that men and women often take type of different jobs (College education examples would be teachers versus engineers, non college education would be oil rig workers versus customer service/retail).
It also doesn't take into account that women often take time off for family and stuff like that so they tend to have less experience than their male counterparts.
Even further, men are more likely to negotiate and fight for higher salaries. Women tend to value work life balance and stuff of that nature more so than men. Basically, they are just happy having jobs more so than men.
The truth is, that is women really made 20% less than men for the same job, companies would be hiring them like crazy to help the bottom line.
It is a bullshite argument/talking point parroted by morons.
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 9:14 am
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Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:13 am to tylercsbn9
Up vote for you, sir.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:29 am to tylercsbn9
quote:
Studies don't account for the fact that men and women often take type of different jobs
Actually most of them do. I'm strictly talking about academic peer-reviewed studies, not the agitprop stuff.
quote:
It also doesn't take into account that women often take time off for family
Yes, they do.
quote:
Even further, men are more likely to negotiate and fight for higher salaries.
They take this into account as well.
Most studies at least attempt, albeit imperfectly, to consider all these arguments and find that these factors do in fact have a big impact in narrowing the gap. But that gap is still there and it isn't really clear why. Some of course use this to argue that it must be discrimination but of course that argument is specious - the reality is that we simply don't know.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 11:05 am to tylercsbn9
quote:
The truth is, that is women really made 20% less than men for the same job, companies would be hiring them like crazy to help the bottom line.
Good point
Also, I believe they are comparing men and women in the same job.
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