Re:When the Boss Says, 'Don't Tell Your Coworkers How Much Y...
by freshhawk on Saturday January 24, 2015 @12:38PM
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Here are two blog posts with summaries and good links to various studies (I know these are bad sources, but they make the point and were easy to find).
The 77 cents on the dollar myth actively shifts attention away from the real issues with gender roles and western culture in favour of a simple outdated narrative that isn't going to help anyone.
It's a useful shibboleth though, the people using it are either well meaning but uninformed or interested more in attention/marketing than actual equality.
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/08/gende...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christina-hoff-sommers/wage-ga...
The 77 cents on the dollar myth actively shifts attention away from the real issues with gender roles and western culture in favour of a simple outdated narrative that isn't going to help anyone.
It's a useful shibboleth though, the people using it are either well meaning but uninformed or interested more in attention/marketing than actual equality.