It's Equal Pay Day Today

i will tip an extra 20 cents at lunch

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I for one donated that extra 20 cents to my waitress this morning. I feel great that I've done my part.

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Way to make it unequal again, dick.

Should have donated an extra 10 cents.

Level the playing field.

You sure it wasn’t yesterday on April fools?

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Don't most studies show that women get paid less primarily because they are far less likely to actually ask for a raise than their male counterparts?

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Yep.

The real issue is our culture considering salary talk between coworkers "taboo."

So for every dollar I make a woman gets 80 cents?



What am I gonna do with 20 cents?

When I was in college the stat I read was 60% of men always negotiate for a higher starting salary and only 20% of women do.

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Don't most studies show that women get paid less primarily because they are far less likely to actually ask for a raise than their male counterparts?

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Idk but the even more common sense answer is that men hold higher paying jobs, this isn't rocket science. Look at the upper, upper level of doctors, company CEOs and execs, lawyers, etc. They're mostly going to be men. So when you jumble up all the data in a "men wage vs women wage" pot obviously the men wage is going to be higher.

Go in a workplace where a man and a woman have the exact same job (wait staff, accountant, teacher, whatever) and I'm sure they're going to be equal.

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Don't most studies show that women get paid less primarily because they are far less likely to actually ask for a raise than their male counterparts? 

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That, and the fact that men work more dangerous jobs that pay more. Also, men are way more likely to work more hours per year than females too.

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Don't most studies show that women get paid less primarily because they are far less likely to actually ask for a raise than their male counterparts?

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I just read a vox article on it that went in depth on it. It mainly centers on women being the primary partner to leave work to care for a family.

Which makes sense biologically speaking. But of course, that wasn't mentioned. It only kind of presented a guilt trip. Like an "it's 2019 why are women the primary caregivers?!?!?" attitude.

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the even more common sense answer is that men hold higher paying jobs

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No, the 80% pay is for equal titles/jobs.

Its not the average overall salary

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Go in a workplace where a man and a woman have the exact same job (wait staff, accountant, teacher, whatever) and I'm sure they're going to be equal.

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They're not. They're 80% of the male salary on average.

And it is because they are far less likely to ask for a raise or negotiate their salary.