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"Pay Gap" isn't an accurate term to talk about these phenomena. It's more accurately a "tradeoff gap". Men tend to work more hours, expose themselves to more ri
by ThrustVectoring 9y ago
"Pay Gap" isn't an accurate term to talk about these phenomena. It's more accurately a "tradeoff gap". Men tend to work more hours, expose themselves to more risk of workplace death, compete harder, do less intrinsically rewarding work, and so forth. Is it fair that men make somewhat more money and make up 90% of workplace deaths? It depends on what you care about, and empirically speaking, it seems that men care about bottom-line salary more than women do, and make tradeoffs for it that women don't.
- lykr0n 9y agoAnd I think you hit the dirty secret that people who use the 77% number tend to ignore. There are fundamental differences in the kinds of work and the general approach to work that males and females take. Nothing wrong with that, but to ignore that in the discussion would be a disservice. What this shows is that at least 7% of a wage gap could be considered normal and to be expected.
- ThrustVectoring 9y ago>There are fundamental differences in the kinds of work and the general approach to work that males and females take. Exactly this. There's a reason why most CEOs are men - they had to put in inordinate amount of work competing in climbing the corporate ladder. I'm not jealous of them: they have the CEO title, I have an extra thirty to fifty hours a week over a decade.
- lykr0n 9y agoWell, don't discount institutional sexism. I think that general attitudes and approach is a major factor, but not the only factor.