3 ms·
My mother was a teacher in Australia in the early '70s. Her pay rate was 2/3rds that of male teachers, simply because of her gender. > I've never been able to
by vacri 10y ago
My mother was a teacher in Australia in the early '70s. Her pay rate was 2/3rds that of male teachers, simply because of her gender.
> I've never been able to reconcile the modern story compared to my own family's history.
Look up the term 'anecdata'. You really need to look at things at a demographic level, not just "well, my family...".
- maerF0x0 10y agoYou prefaced an attack on anecdata with... "anecdata"
- 2muchcoffeeman 10y agoThe original poster also didn't really say anything about pay inequality. Just, that women ancestors were financially independent. Also > Also add that all of my female ancestors from 1900 onward held good jobs and were largely financially independent (which contradicts the article saying it didn't really happen before 1975). So rustynails may have trend data for at least the women in their family. And all of them had good jobs and were financially independent? Another data point, is those 80s lego ads featuring girls with their creations. So maybe there is something going on here and society as gone off the rails regarding sexism. Blog your research rustynails.
- vacri 10y agoConfirmation bias again, though. Lego ads had girls in them? Cool. Now, how many politicians were women? How many managers or other people in authority? How seriously were women's opinions taken in the media? Were there extra hurdles to overcome for a woman who wanted to start her own business? It sounds like it's just a project to look for specific counter-examples, rather than a proper gestalt look at society as it was. And really, if you want to tell if 'society has gone off the rails', pretend (if you aren't already) that you're a minority, a woman, or gay, and then ask "Would I rather be living in today's society, or that of the 50s and 60s?".
- vacri 10y agoYes. Masterful, wasn't it? :)