Today is ‘Equal Pay Day’; the next ‘Equal Occupational Fatality Day’ will occur on April 17, 2023

fuckinhell · 2013-04-09T15:43:46+00:00

"Equal pay for equal work" includes equal sacrifice. Also keep in mind, this number does not include military fatalities.

PierceHarlan · 2013-04-09T17:09:15+00:00

The free market provides the greatest incentive of all for employers not to discriminate against a gender in making pay decisions: if employers can get someone to do the same work with equal skill for 23 percent less pay, they would almost always jump at it.

The entire debate is silly because it is attacking the wrong thing. Certainly there still are pockets of blatant sexism where women aren't paid what they would be paid if they were male. The primary reason for the gender pay gap is that, to some degree, men and women still have follow gender roles in employment decisions.

7wap · 2013-04-09T17:59:35+00:00

If women are paid 23% less, wouldn't some upstart company make a killing hiring the most talented women for 10% less than what men would make?

DavidByron · 2013-04-09T16:13:38+00:00

When would "Equal Spending Day" for men happen? somewhere in 2016 or 2017?

keithlmac · 2013-04-09T18:23:14+00:00

This amuses me. I am a male in a male dominated industry, and third most dangerous job in the world.

SmokeyKabob · 2013-04-09T19:26:37+00:00

Yeah there's an (in)equality bake sale at my university today. 77 cents for women and $1 for men because who needs facts when you can have snarky victimhood!

Cyridius · 2013-04-09T18:26:12+00:00

It's obvious that women are just more careful at work /s

oneiorosgrip · 2013-04-09T16:20:01+00:00

Personally, I think merit based pay is really the only way to solve the pay gap debate.

Under such a system, when equal work is performed, equal pay would be the result - and equal pay would be dependent on performing equal work. Under such circumstances, there would be no basis for complaining about a gap, as the claim of equal work would no longer be part of the issue. My theory is that such complaints would not go away, but instead, there would be less effort to hide the fact that the demand isn't "equal pay for equal work," but "equal pay just for being there."

AtTheLeftThere · 2013-04-10T02:57:49+00:00

Women do receive equal pay for equal work. The thing is, most women do not do equal work. The income inequality between the sexes is 77 cents for a female per dollar a man makes, but they do not factor in the truth that women do not generally hold the same jobs as men which pay a lot. When the top paying jobs are male-dominated, you can't bitch and moan about not making the same amount doing something different. If you can't be an engineer, you can't be an engineer.

alexisaacs · 2013-04-09T18:27:44+00:00

Oh for fuck's sake.

As an advocate for men's rights, why do some of you guys pick all the wrong battles?

Equal pay for equal jobs is what folks fight for. Are there grey areas in certain fields? Perhaps. Here's the thing. Don't fucking hire a female construction worker that can't lift shit unless you're willing to pay her the same amount as someone else.

99% of the time it's shit like being promoted to a position and earning less than your male counterparts in the same position, sometimes even when you have more seniority.

As for deaths at work, no one forces anyone to take physically demanding job. Stop fucking whining.

If you want to talk job equality, look at entry level jobs which are almost exclusively reserved for attractive women or men with tons of experience under their belts.

Title	Today is ‘Equal Pay Day’; the next ‘Equal Occupational Fatality Day’ will occur on April 17, 2023
Author	telnet_reddit_80
Upvotes	236
Comments	59
Date	April 9, 2013 1:48 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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