Re:How the “what’s your current salary?” question hurts the ...
by morgante on Friday April 29, 2016 @06:18PM
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> The "same job" is a subjective distinction, so you can't say it's entirely false; it's really a matter of opinion.
No, it's not. Certainly there are some distinctions at the margins, as you note.
There are, however, some very clear distinctions. Women dominate elementary education, which I hope we can all agree is a very different job than programming (for example).
To reiterate, I don't know whether these preferences are innate or learned. In fact, I suspect it's the latter. But we shouldn't ignore them_if women were in fact paid less for doing the exact same jobs, solution would actually be a lot easier.
No, it's not. Certainly there are some distinctions at the margins, as you note.
There are, however, some very clear distinctions. Women dominate elementary education, which I hope we can all agree is a very different job than programming (for example).
To reiterate, I don't know whether these preferences are innate or learned. In fact, I suspect it's the latter. But we shouldn't ignore them_if women were in fact paid less for doing the exact same jobs, solution would actually be a lot easier.