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What makes “that the wage gap numbers are not as significant as they are often presented” an important conversation for you? To me it seems like an uninteresti

What makes “that the wage gap numbers are not as significant as they are often presented” an important conversation for you? To me it seems like an uninteresting tautology. Like these others: “False statements about immigration numbers are often presented in discourse about naturalization policies” “Misleading financial figures are often presented in discourse about what stocks to buy.” It’s like... yah. So? All discourse is full of garbage. If you are interested in the truth, you weed through that and evaluate the numbers and, according to best practices, find a good estimate. When you do that, you find there is a substantial gender-attributable pay gap in many countries in many industries. Why that is and how we change it seems like a worthy discussion. I am curious to why you think the existence of people with a poor understanding of the facts is a worthy topic of conversation. There will always be people in “the discourse” saying wrong things. If that’s all it takes to halt the important conversation about how women get pay equity, then you have yourself a surefire tool to ensure that conversation never happens. Or at least that you never have to participate.

vivekd 8y ago
Well in this case the people who are wrong include most of academia, most of the popular media, and the former president of the United States. They were all touting the 77 cents figure I think that's a pretty big deal.
- noelsusman 8y ago
  You should read some actual research if you truly think the broad academic consensus is that women make 77 cents on the dollar and that's the end of the story.
- erikpukinskis 8y ago
  I see much more media disputing the 77 percent figure than presuming it. Don’t you? (And as a side note, the existence of a raw 77% gap is factually true. Media would have to argue that it’s entirely due to sexism for them to step into territory you object to)

vivekd 8y ago

Well in this case the people who are wrong include most of academia, most of the popular media, and the former president of the United States. They were all touting the 77 cents figure I think that's a pretty big deal.

noelsusman 8y ago
You should read some actual research if you truly think the broad academic consensus is that women make 77 cents on the dollar and that's the end of the story.
erikpukinskis 8y ago
I see much more media disputing the 77 percent figure than presuming it. Don’t you? (And as a side note, the existence of a raw 77% gap is factually true. Media would have to argue that it’s entirely due to sexism for them to step into territory you object to)