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Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by cisanti on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @04:41PM (#14914393)
Then what do you say to all the men who either die or lose their health doing difficult and dangerous jobs, often for peanuts?

If you can't prove me men teachers are being paid more, your argument is invalid. Women choose very different careers and that's fine, but the choice is there.

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Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by johnfn on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @04:49PM (#14914499)
> If you can't prove me men teachers are being paid more, your argument is invalid.

Teaching as a profession is underpaid, and I don't think that teaching being dominated by women is a coincidence.

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Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by hackinthebochs on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @05:02PM (#14914616)
Why do discussions like this always avoid any talk about market value? Teachers are paid relatively less because its not hard to become a teacher and there are a lot of people willing to do it.
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Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by gaius on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @05:01PM (#14914610)
Teachers are paid way, way more than soldiers or firefighters or refuse collectors or miners or meatpackers...
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Re:When all job differences are accounted for, the pay gap a... by blacksmith_tb on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @06:34PM (#14915298)
I don't think so, for all of those at least, e.g.

http://www.careerprofiles.info/middle-school-teacher-salarie...

http://www.careerprofiles.info/fire-fighter-salaries.html

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