Researchers May Have Found The Reason Women Get Paid Less Than Men

sconeTodd · 2013-11-23T17:01:34+00:00

Here is the concluding paragraph from the study

"Many of these changes in the social organization of work, including expectations surrounding work hours, appear at first glance to be gender neutral. Employers do not specify separate work hour expectations for their male and female employees, nor do they systematically reward men who overwork more than women. Nevertheless, overwork rests on a foundation that is itself highly gendered: employees who work long hours can only do so with the support of other household members, usually women, who shoulder the lion’s share of extra-work obligations (e.g., Acker 1990; Hochschild 1989; Lips 2013; Ridgeway 2011). Under this system, women are less likely than men to be able to work long hours or to enjoy the rising wage payoff to long hours. The emergence of long work hours as part of the “new normal” in some occupations, the professions and management in particular, builds on and perpetuates old forms of gender inequality."

Seems like this is really a work/leisure and public/private debate here. The 'new' normal is turning both men and women into 24/h workers; this is bullshit. We shouldn't be working this much as, jobs should incorporate and allow a person to have a real life.

It is only gendered because women have more 'private' work to do. However, if you look at this through a mens rights prospective the current 'new normal' is making men be absent from their family and private life and thats a bad thing.

Edit: Holy shit, the comments in this thread are so brutal lol

fiat_lux_ · 2013-11-23T16:08:50+00:00

That's hardly the reason men earn more. The article only accounts for 10% of the 23% wage gap.

Of course, it's also hardly news. Someone already did all the work accounting for the wage gap. Warren Farrell, in "Why Men Earn More". It's on our sidebar, and he lists 25 factors, backed up by data, that account for the wage gap.

It bothers me that this book is never discussed when the wage gap comes up in popular media.

Gaming_Loser · 2013-11-23T16:39:47+00:00

Women: My body! My choice if I work alot or not!

Men: Get your ass to work and support your kids!

nigglereddit · 2013-11-23T14:40:21+00:00

Hope they didn't waste too much time searching, it's kind of lying there in plain view.

2013-11-23T15:19:46+00:00

Haven't the answers to this been readily available for years now?

Pecanpig · 2013-11-23T13:33:13+00:00

Now all we need to know is whether or not water is wet.

Cthulusbaby · 2013-11-23T16:05:19+00:00

It's probably because women are generally more social than men. In order to make time for their friends and family, they have to sacrifice total hours worked.

Lurker_IV · 2013-11-23T17:57:09+00:00

The more we see articles like this in major, national publications the better.

jpflathead · 2013-11-23T21:01:27+00:00

Reading Henry Blodget's Business Insider is not a victimless crime.

Bartab · 2013-11-24T03:56:19+00:00

The fact that a wage gap exists between genders is not up for debate.

I'm done. First line and it already said something stupid.

Title	Researchers May Have Found The Reason Women Get Paid Less Than Men
Author	Dexter77
Upvotes	44
Comments	31
Date	November 23, 2013 1:16 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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