Chrkeller said:
In my personal experience the pay gap isn't a myth. I went to the same grad school, graduated the same time, had the exact same degree, ended up working in the exact same research group, doing the exact same work. I was making 30% more. We were the same age, both married, had kids.. Literally there was absolutely no difference between us. Except I made 30% more and was a male. Perhaps one would argue that is a one off, but it certainly seems questionable at the very least. |
Anecdotal evidence =/= evidence
The gender pay gap myth has been debunked so many times and no credible economist takes it seriously. The 77% figure is determined when comparing all jobs across all fields. I’m sure you can see exactly what the issue is here. Elementary school teachers make far less than structural engineers. It has nothing to do with gender discrimination. Men also account for almost 95% of workplace deaths, because they’re almost exclusively working the “dirty”, dangerous jobs that women do not want to do. If you’re putting your life on the line, you SHOULD make more. Or else, what incentive is there to do so? These are just some of the factors that lead to the 77% figure that no one talks about.
Lastly, we live in a heavily capitalist society, much to the chagrin of Bernie Sanders and the rest of the left. If big corporations could get away with paying women 23% less for doing the same job, the entire workforce would be made up of exclusively women. Do you really think that big corporations are such “old boys clubs” that they’ll willing take that 23% loss for the sake of keeping women in kitchens? That’s just silly.
