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The paper directly contradicts your beliefs about “womens”: > These gender differences are consistent with women taking on more of the household and childcare
by abalone 8y ago
The paper directly contradicts your beliefs about “womens”:
> These gender differences are consistent with women taking on more of the household and childcare duties than men, limiting their work availability in the process (Parker et al., 2015; Bertrand et al., 2015).
- warp_factor 8y agohow does that contradict any of my "beliefs" ? The workplace is not the one restricting the women to work more hours. It seems to be based on a choice and preference.
- abalone 8y agoYou didn’t limit it to the workplace. You said the pay gap is due to “interests” not a “patriarchal world against womens.” The study specifically mentions patriarchal gender roles as a primary factor behind those interests.
- warp_factor 8y agoThe gender roles as you describe them result from an individual choice from every man/women involved. Nobody forces a person today in the system to follow those gender roles. What I see in my circle of friends is that in most couples with kids, it is a conscious choice for the women to spend more time at home (and give up extra hour?) and for the man to spend more time at work. This is indeed a stereotype but there is nobody forcing anyone to follow those gender roles. We all know successful women/men going against those gender roles. If you take a conscious decision to work less hours to spend more time at home, you cannot be mad at "society" for patriarchism etc.