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> female graduates ... earn 82% of their salary That's wrong. By the AAUW's own numbers, the women in their study earned 93% of the men's salaries. Get the PDF
by dogweather 12y ago
> female graduates ... earn 82% of their salary
That's wrong. By the AAUW's own numbers, the women in their study earned 93% of the men's salaries. Get the PDF. Scroll nearly to the end, look for the infographic and text with the 93% number. Personally, then, I split it in the middle, and I'd guess that an unbiased researcher might discover that women earn 96.5% of what men do.
The 82% number which the report pushes much more strongly is the difference _before_ womens' choices are taken into account.
The sad and disturbing part is that the AAUW (and most of modern feminism?) is pushing bad data for political gains and unfair preferences.
- nl 12y agoActually the OP's own reference uses the 80% figure too[1]. Wikipedia says between 93% and 96% after controlling, though this isn't for graduates.[2] It is worth noting that it shows a reverse pay gap in a very limited circumstance (some cities, under 30 with no kids). [1] http://content.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2015274,00.html http://content.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2015274... [2] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_pay_gap#United_States http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_pay_gap#United_States