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But how does this relate to the article? Are you implying the pay gap in models is caused by the first of your reasons?
by Gorgor 10y ago
But how does this relate to the article? Are you implying the pay gap in models is caused by the first of your reasons?
- SilasX 10y agoI think it's the parent's second point: there can be legit attributes that both lead to higher pay, and tend to be concentrated in one gender. I think that's what's going on with models: the pay-increasing attribute is "look like an attractive woman" or maybe "look attractive to hetero men". In this case, at least, we can see that men are going to have a harder time at that. Trying to equalize pay between male and female models is therefore going to be an uphill battle at best: we can recognize legit market forces that lead to higher pay for female models. Do those dynamics generalize to the difficulties of equalizing pay in other areas? It's worth thinking about.