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> Likewise, women tend to make significantly less money for doing the same work, in the same positions, at the same company, because of (largely) subconscious b

by yarper 10y ago

> Likewise, women tend to make significantly less money for doing the same work, in the same positions, at the same company, because of (largely) subconscious biases. I see this everywhere, and yet no citations (and when asked, I usually get referred to someones blog - not from a respected scientist completely unaffiliated with the feminist movement). Either that or I get linked to 4 or 5 default papers which have little reference to the claim. People need to accept that bold statements like this are absolutely not excluded from burden of proof - and what's more if you live in the UK (I expect much of Europe) it's time to speak up, it's illegal to pay less based on gender. The usual problem with this is, that the actual fact is that women earn less than men on average. That's kind of a crazy comparison - software developers earn less on average to CEOs, on average sewage workers earn less than those in hedge funds and so on. It assumes fairly boldly that women and men operate in equal proportions in every industry (which is false). In another note, just by writing this I'm opening myself to someone telling me to check my privilege, which is a codified way to tell me as a white male there's some secret sauce I can't possibly know about (so should be quiet on the issue). The deepest irony is that this behaviour is exactly what the movement was designed to disassemble.

pessimizer 10y ago
I'm going to tell you to check your privilege, which is a codified way of telling you that if you were really concerned about whether there was a gender pay gap, you'd look for the research yourself instead of waiting for somebody to hand it to you. If you were either familiar with the existing research and saw flaws in it, or were familiar with better evidence that contradicted the accepted wisdom, your statements about the burden of proof would be a lot more interesting and sound a lot less like whining. It's not the world's duty to convince you of anything. I'm not even going to refer you to a blog - go to scholar.google.com and search for "gender pay gap." Follow the citations. You should also do that if you're not sure if racism exists, or if other planets exist. Then instead of trying to one-up people on message boards when they won't do your research for you, you can lead in whatever direction your research takes you. Also, nobody knows you're a white male on the internet until you broadcast it.
- ManlyBread 10y ago
  >if you were really concerned about whether there was a gender pay gap, you'd look for the research yourself instead of waiting for somebody to hand it to you. Are you seriously expecting people to fact-check every single broad statement they come across and then come to the exact same conclusions you did? >It's not the world's duty to convince you of anything. It's not my duty to find arguments supporting your cause. The gender pay gap is a myth anyway. I'm not going to tell you why - go to scholar.google.com and search for "gender pay gap myth debunked." Follow the citations. You should also do that if you're not sure if racism exists, or if other planets exist. Then instead of trying to one-up people on message boards when they won't do your research for you, you can lead in whatever direction your research takes you.
ManlyBread 10y ago
>> Likewise, women tend to make significantly less money for doing the same work, in the same positions, at the same company, because of (largely) subconscious biases. >I see this everywhere, and yet no citations Because this is a myth based on the infamous "women earn 0.77$ for every 1$ a man earns" statistic. Wikipedia states that the "the gender pay gap is measured as the ratio of female to male median yearly earnings among full-time, year-round (FTYR) workers" - an utterly meaningless number that has no real value, but is great for pushing the myth the other poster has presented. Why is it meaningless? It's because it seems that no one has the answer to the million dollar (or 0.23$, depending how you look at it) question: "can you name 10 companies that are the worst offenders in this regard". This is the 17th time I ask this question and I have yet to receive an answer. I don't think I'll ever will, though, since if it was actually as big of a problem as feminists like to claim the media wouldn't let such a juicy topic die so easily.

by yarper 10y ago

pessimizer 10y ago

I'm going to tell you to check your privilege, which is a codified way of telling you that if you were really concerned about whether there was a gender pay gap, you'd look for the research yourself instead of waiting for somebody to hand it to you. If you were either familiar with the existing research and saw flaws in it, or were familiar with better evidence that contradicted the accepted wisdom, your statements about the burden of proof would be a lot more interesting and sound a lot less like whining. It's not the world's duty to convince you of anything. I'm not even going to refer you to a blog - go to scholar.google.com and search for "gender pay gap." Follow the citations. You should also do that if you're not sure if racism exists, or if other planets exist. Then instead of trying to one-up people on message boards when they won't do your research for you, you can lead in whatever direction your research takes you. Also, nobody knows you're a white male on the internet until you broadcast it.

ManlyBread 10y ago
>if you were really concerned about whether there was a gender pay gap, you'd look for the research yourself instead of waiting for somebody to hand it to you. Are you seriously expecting people to fact-check every single broad statement they come across and then come to the exact same conclusions you did? >It's not the world's duty to convince you of anything. It's not my duty to find arguments supporting your cause. The gender pay gap is a myth anyway. I'm not going to tell you why - go to scholar.google.com and search for "gender pay gap myth debunked." Follow the citations. You should also do that if you're not sure if racism exists, or if other planets exist. Then instead of trying to one-up people on message boards when they won't do your research for you, you can lead in whatever direction your research takes you.

ManlyBread 10y ago

>> Likewise, women tend to make significantly less money for doing the same work, in the same positions, at the same company, because of (largely) subconscious biases. >I see this everywhere, and yet no citations Because this is a myth based on the infamous "women earn 0.77$ for every 1$ a man earns" statistic. Wikipedia states that the "the gender pay gap is measured as the ratio of female to male median yearly earnings among full-time, year-round (FTYR) workers" - an utterly meaningless number that has no real value, but is great for pushing the myth the other poster has presented. Why is it meaningless? It's because it seems that no one has the answer to the million dollar (or 0.23$, depending how you look at it) question: "can you name 10 companies that are the worst offenders in this regard". This is the 17th time I ask this question and I have yet to receive an answer. I don't think I'll ever will, though, since if it was actually as big of a problem as feminists like to claim the media wouldn't let such a juicy topic die so easily.