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It's an interesting speculation but the main reasons are child birth (women out of work for longer) and personality differences (agreeableness is known to negat
by csee 5y ago
It's an interesting speculation but the main reasons are child birth (women out of work for longer) and personality differences (agreeableness is known to negatively predict income irrespective of gender) explaining the within-occupation delta and different career interests (more nurses less engineers) explaining the broader delta.
- Gareth321 5y agoRight on the money. This was established fact back in 2009 (https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/public-policy/hr-public-policy-issues/documents/gender%20wage%20gap%20final%20report.pdf https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/public-policy/hr-public-policy...). Evidence has only become stronger over the years. Unfortunately certain activists continue to argue that there are no innate behavioural differences between men and women at the social level.
- kelseyfrog 5y agoUnfortunately social differences cannot be controled for differences in socialization. People instead reach for essentialism as an explanatory model. Essentialism is a rationalization not an explanation that better falls under the umbrella of reifications than as real and true knowledge.
- csee 5y agoWhether these differences are genetic or socialized or some combination of the two is not relevant.
- kelseyfrog 5y agoAgreed, and parent would do well to avoid framing these differences as innate since it is not relevant.