What people miss about the gender wage gap

pm_me_yur_bum · 2016-09-07T21:50:20+00:00

Good video, but I feel like they should've acknowledged that a man and a woman doing the same thing, with the same hours and same skills, will get paid the same amount. Anything else is 100% illegal in most of the modern world. A lot of people don't read in enough and miss that point. Gaps only exist because of the researched facts that women taking more time off on average, or take on childbearing duties, etc. Nothing is stopping anyone from making the money they want to make, otherwise we'd have a cheaper, near-purely female workforce. But hey, maybe if more places like Vox that appeal to those dems make videos like this, the misinformation will finally stop.

WhiteNitro69 · 2016-09-07T23:21:37+00:00

The problem with this is that even when you explain it to a feminist they still believe that inequality in outcomes means that there is inequality in opportunity, and they will not even consider for one second that the differences in occupation and hours men and women work has anything to do with biological differences between the sexes.

speed-of-light · 2016-09-08T02:56:55+00:00

Sounds like an argument for giving women more flexible schedules and preferential hours over men. What is sad about this video is it assumes that women taking on household chores and parenting duties are non-negotiables, while expecting businesses provide preferential treatment to mothers. How about arguing to make paid paternity leave the standard in all states? This would reduce the amount of time away from work for women, and give the father more time to bond with their newborn. I worked with a woman who was very good friends with our female employer. She took 3 months paid maternity leave, and then had an additional five months working "remotely" where she would basically call in and email every once in a while from home. No other employee in the workplace was allowed to work remotely ever. Meanwhile, I had to take on her entire workload plus my own the entire time she was gone. It got to be so much, I decided to leave the company and find a better opportunity.

beisorott · 2016-09-10T19:50:51+00:00

the vocal fry of her is more than annoying

biscuitgravy · 2016-09-08T05:03:16+00:00

I don't like that they say women do a "disproportionate" amount of home making. Women can have abortions. If they do any home making, it's exactly the amount they chose to do. If it made good business sense to hire a woman to do a job, then they'd be hired over men. But in America, we have proof that when the majority of women are given EVERY freedom to do what they want, they'll actually choose to make less money than a man. They could work through the pregnancy, and I'm not just saying that. I've literally worked in factories, alongside pregnant women, that wouldn't send you home no matter what happened. Places that are making so much money that the liability of you hurting yourself is not worth them stopping production. When my daughter was born, my wife took the time off, but I didn't have any vacation. I knew I would have been fired if I took off because another worker I knew had been fired for doing the exact same thing. I stayed awake the whole night with her, saw my daughter come into the world... and then suited up to get to work in an hour. If it were the trend for women to keep working through their pain, like it is for men, more women would be hired and they would have closed that gap. This lady probably didn't mean to trivialize what I went through, but it makes me mad that the statistics leave out SOOOOOO much of the story.

Title	What people miss about the gender wage gap
Author	Lusado
Upvotes	71
Comments	9
Date	September 7, 2016 4:52 PM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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