Why Women (Like Me) Choose Lower-Paying Jobs [x-post from r/economics]

Perpetual_dissident · 2013-09-11T17:02:40+00:00

i hate the word "over/under-represented". as if there was a just and fair number of 'representation' based on gender.

downvoted_by_lefties · 2013-09-11T18:57:23+00:00

Listen to the audio - the journalist describes the issue as "women are making a lot of bad decisions."

I hate that statement because it's not a "bad" decision to take a cut in pay so that you can spend more time with your children or lead a happier life.

And of course, they have to make the obligatory complaint about the "male-dominated" workplaces. With no data to back up that complaint, mind you - a tell-tale sign that this journalist is a feminist at her core. At least this story recognizes that a lot of women's salary disparities result from their own decisions, I guess. Still can't remove her feminist taint, though.

mberre · 2013-09-12T10:54:56+00:00

I often wish it were more socially acceptable for men to do the same.

But no, we are expected to have to bear the huge social responsibility of bringing home the bacon..NO MATTER WHAT. Same goes for the responsibility to do all of the hottest, loudest, and most dangerous types of work.

What if I someday would like to have the time to watch my son grow up?!?!

Any man who can't hack it doesn't get to be considered a man. There's your double standard.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2013-09-12T15:05:26+00:00

Women making choices that lead to the greatest ultimate satisfaction in their lives?

THAT IS VERY UNFEMINIST!

That's the thing feminists don't seem to get. Women not choosing higher paying (but stressful) jobs isn't a failure of the system or women or anything. It's an example of people making choices for themselves. Women can have children. That gives them a different perspective on men who cannot. Women are not judged for failing to earn enough money to provide for their husband to stay at home and not work. Men are. Women checking out of high pace careers isn't oppression, it's the result of having greater choices and freedom. All things being equal men would also like to be provided for so they can spend time with family/friends/hobbies/etc. We don't choose that often because it really isn't a choice. For women it is, so they do.

Title	Why Women (Like Me) Choose Lower-Paying Jobs [x-post from r/economics]
Author	rabbitspade
Upvotes	23
Comments	14
Date	September 11, 2013 4:32 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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