Google Moves to Address Wage Equity, and Finds It’s Underpaying Many Men

Re:Google Moves to Address Wage Equity, and Finds It’s Under... by throwaway2y4973 on Monday March 04, 2019 @07:46PM (#19307178)

> why so many people insist that this must be the explanation

These people who insist the explanation comes down to preference are basing this on their own lived experience, on the women they've met and what their interests are. 18% just doesn't strike them as being out-of-the-ordinary.

The percentage of women who own a set of wrenches is even smaller. Should we assume that is also due to unjust influence?

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Re:Google Moves to Address Wage Equity, and Finds It’s Under... by mikeash on Monday March 04, 2019 @07:52PM (#19307193)

Funny how that personal experience angle is so commonly used to justify conservative viewpoints. The lived experience of some random person is completely worthless in answering this question.

Even if it were worth something, am I to believe that those people have never observed sexism? Regarding your bit about wrenches, have you never wandered into a toy store and seen the toy wrenches filed under “boys”?

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