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"Are Young Women Earning More Than Their Boyfriends? Yes, but only because they're better educated." http://www.slate.com/id/2266148/ http://www.slate.com/id/2

"Are Young Women Earning More Than Their Boyfriends? Yes, but only because they're better educated." http://www.slate.com/id/2266148/ http://www.slate.com/id/2266148/

m-photonic 16y ago
"Their research shows that a woman earns 5 percent less the first year out of school than a man who goes to the same college, gets the same grades, has the same major, takes the same kind of job with similar workplace flexibility perks, and has the same personal characteristics, such as marital status, race, and number of children." It could be that not all of the gap is explained by sexism. The overall educational attainment of women is greater than that of men despite the lack of a difference in average general intelligence between the two groups. It could be that a man who goes to the same college, gets the same grades, and has the same major as a woman is slightly more intelligent than his female counterpart. It's thought that male SAT scores are higher than female SAT scores mainly because fewer males take the test (since fewer males are college-bound). Naturally I don't argue that there's no discrimination in the workplace. For example, unconscious attitudes on the part of employers that a male worker is "providing for his family" would create a pay gap even if overt sexism is uncommon. My point is that it's misleading to say that this study determines how much of the gap "cannot be explained by anything except the person's gender" as the article writes.
- kenjackson 16y ago
  How much of the gender gap in educational attainment can be explained away with incarceration? I know I've seen data with African-Americans that show that most of the gender gap in college graduation is covered by incarceration rates (not all, but a lot).
sp332 16y ago
Are young women better educated than their boyfriends? Yes, but they can only afford it because they have better job prospects. kidding, maybe
nkassis 16y ago
The article makes a good point about salaries after college but what about the fact that there is a growing gap between men and woman going to college? This is completely glossed over during the article.

"Are Young Women Earning More Than Their Boyfriends? Yes, but only because they're better educated." http://www.slate.com/id/2266148/ http://www.slate.com/id/2266148/

m-photonic 16y ago

"Their research shows that a woman earns 5 percent less the first year out of school than a man who goes to the same college, gets the same grades, has the same major, takes the same kind of job with similar workplace flexibility perks, and has the same personal characteristics, such as marital status, race, and number of children." It could be that not all of the gap is explained by sexism. The overall educational attainment of women is greater than that of men despite the lack of a difference in average general intelligence between the two groups. It could be that a man who goes to the same college, gets the same grades, and has the same major as a woman is slightly more intelligent than his female counterpart. It's thought that male SAT scores are higher than female SAT scores mainly because fewer males take the test (since fewer males are college-bound). Naturally I don't argue that there's no discrimination in the workplace. For example, unconscious attitudes on the part of employers that a male worker is "providing for his family" would create a pay gap even if overt sexism is uncommon. My point is that it's misleading to say that this study determines how much of the gap "cannot be explained by anything except the person's gender" as the article writes.

kenjackson 16y ago
How much of the gender gap in educational attainment can be explained away with incarceration? I know I've seen data with African-Americans that show that most of the gender gap in college graduation is covered by incarceration rates (not all, but a lot).

sp332 16y ago

Are young women better educated than their boyfriends? Yes, but they can only afford it because they have better job prospects. kidding, maybe

nkassis 16y ago

The article makes a good point about salaries after college but what about the fact that there is a growing gap between men and woman going to college? This is completely glossed over during the article.