Current Events > Is there a law regarding the whole 'women paid 70% of salary of men' thing?

(+) Yeah! (+)

That is, a law that states "all must be paid equally" or is it up to each individual company
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My dear friend saspa, if you use that magical link above and just type "equal pay" your deepest desires will be answered

God bless

Wage gap is a myth. Men often choose higher paying jobs like doctor, lawyer, and engineer. Women often choose lower paying jobs like female doctor, female lawyer, and female engineer.
(Paraphrased meme)

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Wage gap is real. However, the causes are more complex and more subtle than "businesses just choose to pay men more money".

Shadow20201 posted...

Men often choose higher paying jobs like doctor, lawyer, and engineer. Women often choose lower paying jobs like female doctor, female lawyer, and female engineer.

this was so good it might be my new signature

tiornys posted...

Wage gap is real. However, the causes are more complex and more subtle than "businesses just choose to pay men more money".

tbh it can be presented pretty uncomplexly:

having a child destroys your career if you're a woman, and some companies are afraid you're gonna do it so they undervalue you in advance

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Sackgurl posted...

having a child destroys your career if you're a woman, and some companies are afraid you're gonna do it so they undervalue you in advance

That's a big piece of it. Another contributing factor is the subjects we expect boys to do well in vs. the ones we expect girls to do well in, and then there are various cultural biases, and systemic biases, and so on.