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Isn't the problem that they don't ask for raises and negotiate as much or as hard as men do? I wonder what would help women with this. Everyone needs to look ou
by zxcvvcxz 12y ago
Isn't the problem that they don't ask for raises and negotiate as much or as hard as men do? I wonder what would help women with this. Everyone needs to look out for their own best interests in "the real world", no magic fairy is going to wave a wand and give people doing the same job the same money. There's no economic incentive to do so without pressure. And that pressure must come from the employees.
- jacalata 12y agoPartly. The other problem is that when they do negotiate the way men do, they tend to get far more negative reactions (like having the job offer withdrawn). http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/cfawis/bowles.pdf http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/cfawis/bowles.pdf
- zxcvvcxz 12y agoWell there's a market solution for that too - keep looking for better work if you believe you're worth more. Eventually smart employers will see the ridiculousness of what's happening, and hire all the otherwise competent workers who are being discriminated against for no good reason.
- jasonisalive 12y agoThis is the right answer, unfortunately most people are unfamiliar with or unwilling to trust this sort of logic, and so we end up with efforts to actively fight the problem with prescriptive regulation, which just make things worse. Society would be a lot better if more people could reason like you!
- jacalata 12y agoIn theory, sure. In practice, this isn't a conscious behaviour practiced only by some crazy sexist get-back-in-the-kitchen minority, this is a pretty widespread unconscious reaction from the vast majority of american society.