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The ‘Equal Pay Day’ factoid that women make 78 cents for every dollar earned by men - The Washington Post

jimrosenz

April 14, 2015

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Title	The ‘Equal Pay Day’ factoid that women make 78 cents for every dollar earned by men - The Washington Post
Author	jimrosenz
Upvotes	20
Comments	4
Date	April 14, 2015 2:25 AM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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The issue most MRA take with "The Wage Gap" isn't that there exists a difference in average pay for average men and average women on an annual basis. The issue we take with "The Wage Gap" is the assertion that it's "For the same work". It is not "The pay check fairness act" would do NOTHING to close the nearly non-existent gap "for the same work".

Furthermore, we take issue with the idea that the solution to this is for women to enter the higher paying professions. While this is PART of the solution, it is not a whole solution. De-gendering the higher paid professions is at best half a solution. We also need to de-gender the professions that allow for work/life balance and self fulfillment. We have "Women In STEM" campaigns to help get women into the higher paid fields. Where are the "Men in early childhood education/councling/social work/human services"? Male CEO's of fourtune 500's out number female CEO's 20:1. But female homemakers out number male homemakers 300:1. Getting men to participate in traditionally female jobs is way behind getting women to participate in traditionally male jobs.

Advocating for equality where it benefits women and inequality where it benefits women is not actually advocating for equality.