Popular YouTube personality John Green promotes the idea that women still make 77 cents for ever dollar a man makes.

PierceHarlan · 2014-03-18T23:18:33+00:00

That headline is probably accurate. Its the reason for the disparity that's important. Even hard progressives accept that only a small part of that differential is due to discrimination as it's defined in the law.

VortexCortex · 2014-03-19T02:45:01+00:00

women still make 77 cents for ever dollar a man makes.

Hmm, not going to bother watching the vid, but there is something fundamentally flawed with the concept that all women make less than an individual man...

Anyhow, the headline isn't accurate since it gives no context. Never married women make more than comparably skilled and experienced never married men. So, if we're talking about women and men where all other things are equal then the women make more than men, and the gendered wage gap is actually in women's favor.

However, if we're talking about all women vs all men of course there is a difference in average pay. The problem is presenting that this is a wage gap between individuals of different sexes, when it absolutely isn't. It's just more evidence that women and men are different. Women, in general, do not make the same worklife decisions as men, and this results in lower average pay for that demographic.

Also, who the hell is John Green? I hope someone links him to a video of someone actually noteworthy, like Thomas Sowell.

2014-03-19T13:41:17+00:00

I don't understand this. I've been working since I was 16 years old. In the last eight years, I've worked alongside women that earn the same amount of money as me and I've worked under women that earn more money than me.

Is this not the same everywhere?

FlamingFreedom · 2014-03-19T13:51:22+00:00

Someone (who understands the details of this issue well) should do a tactful reply video. Not an angry "you're a damned socialist white knight!" video but an actual tactful "you do great vids but there's this thing" correction.

Title	Popular YouTube personality John Green promotes the idea that women still make 77 cents for ever dollar a man makes.
Author	iamnotfromtexas90
Upvotes	6
Comments	9
Date	March 18, 2014 11:12 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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