Fun self-victimization: Swedish Feminists burn $13,000 of their own money in protest over their fictitious wage gap.

Cyatomorrow · 2010-07-06T18:19:26+00:00

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Hamakua · 2010-07-06T18:59:48+00:00

Obligatory - 2009

Forward of study by United States Department of Labor.

Economic research has identified numerous factors that contribute to the observed difference between wages paid to women and wages paid to men, commonly called the gender wage gap. Many relate to differences in the choices and behavior of women and men in balancing their work, personal, and family lives. These factors include, most notably, the occupations and industries in which they work, and their human capital development, work experience, career interruptions, and motherhood. Other factors are sources of wage adjustments that compensate specific groups of workers for benefits or duties that disproportionately impact them. These factors include health insurance, other fringe benefits, and overtime work.

KatZilla · 2010-07-06T22:21:34+00:00

$13,000? That could probably buy them enough plane tickets to India, what about the wage gap there? Or perhaps they even could have donated the money to a charitable organization, or even a feminist organization that may have used the money to actually... oh, I dunno, get something done?

OneCanOnlyGuess · 2010-07-06T18:29:56+00:00

I'd wager they'd have more money if they didn't burn any of it.

Just sayin'...

BinaryShadow · 2010-07-07T01:25:08+00:00

Swedish feminists are some of the most radical feminists in power. They tried to get a "man tax" just for the sake of having one. They bitched about not enough women in college so they made quotas only to remove those quotas the minute they overtook men who now needed them. Now this. Go get hit by a truck, ladies.

exlex · 2010-07-06T18:24:43+00:00

One might have suspected they were delusional based on their beliefs, but now their actions pretty well confirm it.

regardles · 2010-07-06T21:49:30+00:00

This is a stupid and desperate cry for attention.

But what does /r/mensrights know about the Swedish wage gap? I know that in the US the figure usually touted isn't accurate (for a number of reasons, each interesting in its own right), but what of the situation in different countries?

Just saying, it's good to criticize this kind of display (it reminds me of PETA, and you know how popular PETA is...), but don't be too quick to assert that other countries are exactly like the US.

Although if someone has some facts about Sweden, do post links. I ask this out of ignorance and a lack of non-US evidence present in this subreddit.

helleborus · 2010-07-06T19:04:24+00:00

Do you not even read articles before posting them and coming up with a headline?

Schyman explained that the money had been donated by two men who had chosen the course of action to illustrate the amount of money that women lose per minute due to discriminatory pay.

tillsammans · 2010-07-06T22:05:44+00:00

Several swedish major newspapers are reporting that Schymans alleged 100.000 SEK a minute is actually an underestimation of the wage loss women suffer from. Furthermore, credible sources say that women in sweden make 84% or 83% of what men make. Think what you want about feminism, or even Schyman herself, but those numbers are de facto not fictitious.

XFDRaven · 2010-07-06T20:08:25+00:00

Whoa they should've "burnt" that money by buying me steam games... you know to recreate male oppression and shit

Scoldering · 2010-07-06T22:14:33+00:00

I refer to this exercise of burning money as a classic example of fine art

mustanaamio · 2010-07-07T00:31:18+00:00

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2010-07-06T18:55:05+00:00

This was painful to see... I just can't stand watching that old cow talk.

I must ask you, though, how is the wage gap fictious?

[Edit] The Feminist Initiative is a political party, by the way. Gudrun Schyman is their leader. They're all extremely deluded but still managed to get 0.7% of votes in the last election.

BearDuck · 2010-07-07T00:37:32+00:00

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2010-07-07T00:28:25+00:00

Well whats the difference? They'de spend it on dresses and shit anyways, which is like burning it in the first place.

KatZilla · 2010-07-07T06:50:12+00:00

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stringerbell · 2010-07-07T00:10:30+00:00

Once you account for ALL factors (not just 1 of them), there actually is a wage gap - but it's not the women getting the short end of the stick! It's actually men who get paid less...

Title	Fun self-victimization: Swedish Feminists burn $13,000 of their own money in protest over their fictitious wage gap.
Author	XFDRaven
Upvotes	51
Comments	63
Date	July 6, 2010 5:17 PM UTC (16 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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