Re:Are women paid less than men for the same work? (2017)
by x0hm on Thursday October 04, 2018 @10:41AM
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The complaints about the gender pay gap are primarily around the idea that women make less than men. And that's it. Just wholly the idea that women as a whole make less than men as a whole.
It's not sexist to question that assumption. It's not sexist to look into why that assumption exists.
It's literally science.
Furthermore, the blame for the wage gap is placed unduly upon the shoulders of men, and most of us - especially here - are powerless to do anything about it in any meaningful way. Despite that, we are painted as bad or negative in some way, and that feeling sucks.
It isn't sexist to not want to be seen as the cause for a societal symptom. It's not sexist to want to dive deeper and find an objective truth that we can point to.
It's not sexist to want to treat a situation as "us vs the problem" instead of "me vs you".
It's not sexist to question that assumption. It's not sexist to look into why that assumption exists.
It's literally science.
Furthermore, the blame for the wage gap is placed unduly upon the shoulders of men, and most of us - especially here - are powerless to do anything about it in any meaningful way. Despite that, we are painted as bad or negative in some way, and that feeling sucks.
It isn't sexist to not want to be seen as the cause for a societal symptom. It's not sexist to want to dive deeper and find an objective truth that we can point to.
It's not sexist to want to treat a situation as "us vs the problem" instead of "me vs you".