Yesterday was “Equal Pay Day,” which probably sounds great to young feminists working for much richer, older male bosses. However, as an article in the WSJ points out, if pay truly were equal a lot of young men might be doing better than they are now. Although it isn’t exactly news to a lot of young men, female urban workers between 22 and 30 earn 8% more than their male counterparts. As usual, it is the men who never had a thing to do with so-called “patriarchy” – and never benefited from it in any event – who are taking the biggest hit. This is typical. Affirmative action never targeted older, established people; it was always the innocent younger folks who paid the price. It’s simply another form of victimization, only this time worse in some ways than the old Jim Crow because it is perpetrated under the guise of righteousness.
Although the article may not contain anything new to our readers, the tone is a marked departure from what one usually reads concerning feminism:
Feminist hand-wringing about the wage gap relies on the assumption that the differences in average earnings stem from discrimination. Thus the mantra that women make only 77% of what men earn for equal work. But even a cursory review of the data proves this assumption false.
It is refreshing to see that the lies feminists rely on are no longer taken at face value. In fact, this is a real accomplishment for which those of us out there spreading the word deserve some credit.
Ms. Lukas, who wrote the piece, wraps it up with a fairly strong condemnation of the feminists’ gender jihad:
Few Americans see the economy as a battle between the sexes. They want opportunity to abound so that men and women can find satisfying work situations that meet their unique needs. That—not a day dedicated to manufactured feminist grievances—would be something to celebrate.
