John Stossel - Myth - Women Earn Less For the Same Work

I never heard this side of the story in school.

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[sniper6081]

My mom will never fess up to the fact that men make more because they work more. No matter what numbers I present she always goes for the sound bite over the data.

[j95lee]

An oldie but a goodie

[RepostCentral]

Just last weekend, my Mom just got an offer for a secure job. She was one of the unlucky ones that was laid off several years ago and had to switch on and off between unemployment and unsatisfactory jobs. She turned it down because (surprise!) it meant that she would have to work on ALL the holidays. I love my mom, but it would appear that, even in these times, the status hold true.

[jackiechan511]

Its morally and illegal if men and women are paid differently based on the exact same position, number of hours, qualifications, productivity and the like.

[nerdygrl647]

This idea, though it has evolved significantly and seemingly disappeared from the fronts of our minds still affects how we view certain careers. Of course the more masculine oriented careers are more valuable to society. What I am asking is that this type of thinking be abolished, that no person should be afraid to choose any career. If a woman really wants to live comfortably and establish gender equality, she should consider breaking away from the career mold that most women pursue.

[nerdygrl647]

necessarily need higher pay because there abilities were innate to their female personality (the caring, emotional, nurturing, mothering abilities). They were natural abilities, not really even considered talents. Compared to developed, learned abilities that men got from extensive schooling, employers saw these female abilities as less valuable and important. Men proved their intelligence through schooling and hard work while women at the time were just fulfilling their natural role.

[nerdygrl647]

necessarily need higher pay because there abilities were innate to their female personality (the caring, emotional, nurturing, mothering abilities). They were natural abilities, not really even considered talents. Compared to developed, learned abilities that men got from extensive schooling, employers saw these female abilities as less valuable and important. Men proved their intelligence through schooling and hard work while women at the time were just fulfilling their natural role.

[nerdygrl647]

....make it through the to the top in those arduous situations. It is unfortunate I think that men and women are told that their identity and behavior must conform with the expectations of society, which consequently means that women "the weaker, nurturing sex" make less money. This can go back at least a hundred years when such jobs like teaching, nursing, and social work increasingly became occupied by women. Many employers justified low salaries claiming that women did not...

[nerdygrl647]

Many young women need to realize that no career is out of their reach as long as they work hard and are open to challenging the old belief that certain jobs are traditionally male. The same goes for men: a man should not be discouraged from a career in traditionally female roles: nursing, teaching small children etc. The only unfortunate thing for women is that there is a persistent and aggressive "good ol' boys club" that exists in many top paying fields. Only the strong willed women.....

[nerdygrl647]

I think the way that men and women choose a career is also based on predisposed stereotypes of the roles of men and women. For decades, women, the stereotypically more "nurturing" sex were encouraged to be teachers, nurses, secretaries, etc.; jobs that most definitely make less than say a career in law, business, medicine, computer science, and engineering. There are women out there who do make a lot in the latter fields I mentioned, and they make more than most men in this country.