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Perhaps companies who hire more women are companies that pay less generally. They are hiring women because they are cheaper. Perhaps jobs that pay less are les
by fiatjaf 9y ago
Perhaps companies who hire more women are companies that pay less generally. They are hiring women because they are cheaper.
Perhaps jobs that pay less are less attractive to men who can be better paid at some other job, so these jobs attract more women.
If the above is true, then there is indeed a "pay gap", but it is not the consequence of any systemic sexism.
- xxSparkleSxx 9y agoSpitballing, but I have read that when an industry begins to be dominated by women the average wages decrease and when they are dominated by men the average wages increase. This could be due to women being less likely to negotiate salary which has an effect not only on themselves but on every other worker in the industry. So a woman in a female-dominated industry may suffer not only from their own negotiation tactics but also the negotiation tactics of most of the workers in the industry As someone that works in the biotechnology industry, I can see a lot of corollaries. Scientists love being martyrs and there is a strong culture of "don't care about your pay - only care about the work." I could see how women could be more susceptible to this line of reasoning and/or taught to care more about "passion" than their bottom line (compared to men). Again, lots of spitballing. Probably way off.
- micahbright 9y ago>This could be due to women being less likely to negotiate salary which has an effect not only on themselves but on every other worker in the industry. It could also be due to men leaving industries that have ongoing lowering of wages.