I have been getting a ton of messages about how the wage gap is fake and I don’t want to talk about it anymore and waste my time. There are 2 really important things I think people forget when arguing about the wage gap.
1.) The article used to support the fact that the wage gap is ‘fake’ doesn’t claim that at any point
This link to the Washington post’s article about the wage gap has been sent to me many times but I wonder if people actually read the article. I don’t like using the Washington post as a source however I feel as if its important to share that the article doesn’t say the wage gap is a myth. It simply claims the statistic that was shared by Obama about the wage gap had holes and failed to take into account various other factors. "We do not want to suggest there is no pay gap." is a direct quote from the article. Also if we are going to use the Washington post as a reliable source then here is another article you might find interesting about the myths of the wage gap.
2.) Even if the wage gap was nonexistent that doesn’t make up for the fact that the highest paying jobs are male dominated and women make up such a small percentage of federal government.
According to the 2010 census less than 25% of people working in federal government were female.
(x)
But who cares about statistics they aren’t needed to prove this point lets take a look at the judicial branch.
3/9. Thats 1/3 of the supreme court which is a pretty good ratio compared to other branches not to mention one of them is a woc but it’s still not fairly balanced.
Now heres the real kicker. The executive branch.
0/44.
(Bonus: Vice presidents!)
Still 0.
I’d like to see some women in the government.
If you want to talk about the issues men face when it comes to gender equality please don’t cast away the issues women face
If you’d like to have a conversation with me about discrimination against men please don’t forget what I have said above. Id genuinely love to hear what you have to say but whining about how the wage gap is a ‘myth’ is not progressive and I don’t want to waste my time with the subject anymore.