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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by UncleMeat on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @04:19PM (#16748690)
> I would argue it is because female-dominated professions tend to have schooling requirements, by law. Male-dominated professions are less apt to.

And you would base this off what data? Surely we shouldnt just be using our guts here.

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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by randomdata on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @05:20PM (#16749392)
> And you would base this off what data?

The data that shows that female-dominated professions are more apt to have legal requirements.

> Surely we shouldnt just be using our guts here.

Well, why not? We're not writing formal research papers here. Only writing comments for personal pleasure in our spare time.

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