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As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops
- WalterSear 11y ago"The reverse was true when a job attracted more men. Computer programming, for instance, used to be a relatively menial role done by women. But when male programmers began to outnumber female ones, the job began paying more and gained prestige." This is a direct reframing of history to meet an agenda. Furthermore, if the authors can't understand why an Information Technology manager makes more than a Human Resources manager, except in terms of gender, you can be pretty sure they are working very hard not to understand it.
- nadezhda18 11y agoduplicate https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11313263 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11313263
- hirundo 11y agoAs the supply of X increases, the price of X drops.
- WalterSear 11y agoIt's more simple than even that: this is simply prejudice in science's clothing. There is nothing more toxic to gender relations, or the advancement of workplace diversity and equality.