fairytaleslayer:
check-your-privilege-feminists:
cutiewith-a-bootie:
colorsofsocialjustice:
IT’S ALREADY ILLEGAL, AS OF 1963.
IF A WOMAN ISN’T BEING PAID THE SAME AS HER MALE CO-WORKERS FOR THE SAME JOB, THEY CAN REPORT IT TO VARIOUS PEOPLE, LIKE THE REP FOR THEIR UNION OR THE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS THEY WORK FOR.
IT’S 2015, CAN WE STOP FEEDING INTO FEMINIST™ MYTHS LIKE A LEGAL GENDER PAY GAP?!
- Purple
Yes it is illegal. Do people do anything about it? No. Stop ignoring the facts because “I thought it was illegal though?!!?1??”
Tell me the facts. Give me the facts. Give me sound evidence from a real economist that sexism is the reason for the difference in the average wages between men and women, and not career choices and other variables. Go ahead. I’ll wait. (oh, and a HuffPo opinion article or something from Jezebel doesn’t even come close to counting as real evidence). Because so far, the facts are completely against you, feminists.
YOU WANT FUCKING REAL FACTS? I’LL GIVE YOU FACTS
Forbes: Women are payed 77 cents for ever dollar a man makes in the same line of work. Don’t believe me?
http://www.aauw.org/research/the-simple-truth-about-the-gender-pay-gap/
The AAUW: Women are payed a lower average than men in every single fucking state, and women of color are payed even less. Don’t believe me?
http://www.aauw.org/research/the-simple-truth-about-the-gender-pay-gap/
Still don’t believe me? We have a magical program called Google, which can be used to SEARCH things. It’s been around since September 4, 1998, which is probably longer than you check-your-privilege-feminists. You
want to know where I got that date? Oh yeah! GOOGLE.
And guess what? I checked my privilege. I’m not privileged. I’m oppressed. All the evidence is FOR me.
I see you found ONE online source to back up your statistic. Congratulations on demonstrating your ability to use Google to find ONE site that confirms what you want to hear. I have some sources for you too.
Here is a comprehensive look at the reasonings behind the wage gap, prepared for the government specifically, 95 pages. Enjoy
http://www.consad.com/content/reports/Gender%20Wage%20Gap%20Final%20Report.pdf
Here are some by women
http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2009/12/do-men-or-women-choose-majors-to-maximize-income
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704415104576250672504707048.html
US Department of Labor
http://social.dol.gov/blog/myth-busting-the-pay-gap/
The Gender Pay Gap is a Complete Myth
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505125_162-28246928/the-gender-pay-gap-is-a-complete-myth/
Gender pay gap is not what activists claim
http://wwww.examiner.com/x-22884-Canada-Politics-Examiner~y2010m2d22-Gender-pay-gap-is-not-what-activists-claim
Equal pay statistics are bogus because they don’t compare like with like
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/vickiwoods/7957186/Sorry-ladies-Im-not-worried-about-wage-gaps.html
Fair Pay Isn’t Always Equal Pay
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/opinion/22Sommers.html?_r=1&hp
The Wage Gap Myth
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/09/the_wage_gap_myth.html
Don’t Blame Discrimination for Gender Wage Gap
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-13/don-t-blame-discrimination-for-gender-wage-gap.html
The pay inequality myth: Women are more equal than you think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa3pKN3XUKM&feature=youtu.be
Women Now a Majority in American Workplaces
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/business/economy/06women.html?_r=2
Labor force participation rate for men has never been lower.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/biggest-shock-fridays-payroll-report-sorry-men
Share of Men in Labor Force at All-Time Low
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/share-of-men-in-labor-force-at-all-time-low/?src=recg
Women In Tech Make More Money And Land Better Jobs Than Men
http://www.businessinsider.com/women-in-tech-make-more-money-and-land-better-jobs-than-men-2010-9
Female U.S. corporate directors out-earn men: study
www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0752118220071107?feedType=R
Female CEOs outearned men in 2009.
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=10630664
Women between ages 21 and 30 working full-time made 117% of men’s wages.
www.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/nyregion/03women.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, single women between 22 and 30 years old earn an average of $27,000 a year. That’s 8% more than comparable men.
http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Young-Women-Earn-More-159818705.html
Workplace Salaries: At Last, Women on Top
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2015274,00.html
Young Women’s Pay Exceeds Male Peers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704421104575463790770831192.html
The 15 Jobs Where Women Earn More Than Men
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2011/03/14/jobs-where-women-earn-more-than-men/
women aged between 22 and 29 earn over £10 per hour on average, compared to men their same age who earn just under this amount.
http://www.womenintechnology.co.uk/news/young-women-earn-more-than-men—news-800761492
Young women now earn more than men in UK
http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2011/10/young-women-now-earn-more-than-men-in-uk/
The only chairwoman in the FTSE 100 index of biggest British companies, when asked about government efforts to force companies to make at least 25% of board member to be female said: “there’s no real evidence to suggest women being on a board makes the companies any better – what we’re doing here is forcing an experiment.”
This was further supported in the book “Why Men Earn More” by Warren Farrell, Ph.D., examined 25 career/life choices men and women make (hours, commute times, etc.) that lead to men earning more and women having more balanced lives, and that showed how men in surveys prioritize money while women prioritize flexibility, shorter hours, shorter commutes, less physical risk and other factors conducive to their choice to be primary parents, an option men still largely don’t have. That is why never-married childless women outearn their male counterparts, and female corporate directors now outearn their male counterparts.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0752118220071107?feedTy…
Farrell also lists dozens of careers, including fields of science, where women outearn men. Women simply have more options than men to be primary parents, and many of them exercise that option rather than work long, stressful hours. That is why 57% of female graduates of Stanford and Harvard left the workforce within 15 years of entry into the workforce.
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/03/15/optout.revolution/
This is an option few men have (try being a single male and telling women on the first date that you want to stay home).
Blaming men for women’s choices is unfair. In fact research shows most men have no problem with their wives outearning them.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23413243
Research also shows most working dads would quit or take a pay cut to spend more time with kids if their spouses could support the family.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/Careers/06/13/dads.work/index.html
Research also shows that parents share workloads more when mothers allow men to be primary parents.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-05-04-equal-parenting_N.htm
ABC News: “Is the Wage Gap Women’s Choice? Research Suggests Career Decisions, Not Sex Bias, Are at Root of Pay Disparity”
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/GiveMeABreak/story?id=797045&page=1&CMP=OTC-R
There is also the myth that women are kept out of certain more lucrative fields by sexism. The truth is that women stay away from math out of their own free choice
http://sify.com/news/women-stay-away-from-math-out-of-their-own-free-choice-news-scitech-kk1lubiiiee.html
Women In Science: No Discrimination, Says Cornell Study
http://www.science20.com/news_articles/women_science_no_discrimination_says_cornell_study-75984
Let’s be real about the lack of women in tech
http://www.businessinsider.com/lets-be-real-about-the-lack-of-women-in-tech-2010-10
Here are some more by women
http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2009/12/do-men-or-women-choose-majors-to-maximize-income
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704415104576250672504707048.html
US Department of Labor
http://social.dol.gov/blog/myth-busting-the-pay-gap/
GAME OVER. THANKS FOR PLAYING!