Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in peer group (2010)

Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by cdblades on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @09:38AM (#16744465)

"Women (or whomever is the primary caregiver in a family or does more domestic labor at home) should be paid more for fewer hours in the workplace."

I think you have to work a bit more to support that assertion. I'm not opposed to the idea of some kind of compensation for home-makers, but putting that on employers seems backwards. Why should that not be a form of social support?

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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by door3 on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @09:41AM (#16744485)

I’m speaking on the level of principle, not implementation. There are a variety of ways you could implement this, but I think that is a secondary question to the basic principle that donestic labor exists, is socially necessary, and is, unjustly, not compensated financially. Most people in this debate, even left-leaning people, don’t acknowledge that.

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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by fjsolwmv on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @09:48AM (#16744525)

If a homemaker is married, they are compensated by their partner (including alimony and child support after divorce). If a homemaker is single, they receive charity from government.

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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by door3 on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @09:51AM (#16744544)

Some, but not enough. Men and women should be absolutely equal in terms of economic power, they currently are not.

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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by erkkie on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @10:15AM (#16744785)

That's a strong statement with zero backing. Who else should be equal?

This experiment has been tried and it failed miserably, read up on the Soviet Union.

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