Re:The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM (2018)
by freeone3000 on Thursday December 12, 2019 @03:56PM
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It's because women are getting paid less, promoted later, and have lower bonuses.
Re:The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM (2018)
by TulliusCicero on Thursday December 12, 2019 @04:14PM
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> Some global masterminds reducing pay across multiple corporations across the board when they find out women are being hired in that industry?
No coordination is necessary. People will simply start to view the role as less valuable or skilled due to more women being in it.
Programmers are paid relatively well because
1. Software is "eating the world", so a lot of software is being written leading to demand for programmers. 2. Programming scales really well. Software has zero reproduction cost and can reach a global audience almost instantaneously. So software companies can make a lot of money with relatively few employees.
What would be the mechanism for pay dropping when women enter a profession?
Some global masterminds reducing pay across multiple corporations across the board when they find out women are being hired in that industry?
Maybe it's just a matter of a sudden increase of supply of workers as women enter a field to meet the existing demand, driving wages down?
Is it because the women are being paid less, while the men are being paid the same as before?