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A scientific perspective on the Patriarchy: The gender pay gap
Skeptic ^ | Marc Defant

Posted on 10/03/2024 11:51:09 AM PDT by anthropocene_x

Countering the patriarchy argument, an extraordinary and remarkable natural experiment that demonstrates the lack of discrimination in the differences in pay between men and women was conducted by researchers at Stanford University using data from over one million Uber drivers.

The results of the study show unequivocally that the “entire gap” can be explained by factors unrelated to discrimination:

The Stanford team concludes: "Even in the absence of discrimination and in flexible labor markets, women’s relatively high opportunity cost of non-paid work time and gender-based differences in preferences and constraints can sustain a gender pay gap."

A study by two Harvard economists on bus and train operators produced similar results showing the pay gap is due to the differential choice preferences of men and women.

Economists at Cornell University recently completed two extremely detailed extensive reviews of the research literature demonstrating factors that influence the gender pay gap. A few of them are obvious. Gender differences in choice of college majors funnel women into lower paying careers. For example, women tend to avoid majoring in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs resulting in fewer women in these relatively high-paying careers. Women also tend to avoid jobs requiring extensive training specific to the company they are working for, i.e., training that does not help them with other companies.

But the largest single impact on the gender wage gap appears to be the difference in pay between the careers men and women choose. Companies women tend to gravitate toward are those that pay both men and women lower wages whereas men tend to be concentrated in firms that pay more to both men and women. Women may consciously be choosing companies that are less stressful and offer more flexible workhours, but pay less than those where greater demands are made

(Excerpt) Read more at skeptic.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: economy; jobs; woeness
Long but thought-provoking article.

Today women outnumber men in colleges and are the primary breadearners in a large percentages of marriages. Male-advantaged jobs like manufacturing have been decimated and sent to China. The schooling system is designed to be more suited for women.

So, are policies mandating preferential advantages to women, and things like NSF funding for women in STEM, still justified in the year 2024? Maybe they were in the year 1970, but today?

If an Asian male and a white female apply for the same college program, the female is more likely to be admitted, all else being equal in their qualifications. Does this seem fair?

1 posted on 10/03/2024 11:51:09 AM PDT by anthropocene_x
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To: anthropocene_x

It also comes down to the work.

I mentor high school and college students looking to get into technology roles. While women outnumber the men 2:1 (easily), the women show a marked tendency toward roles with more flexibility. Since my focus is cybersecurity, when discussing the rigors of many cyber roles, women often show less interest versus, say, a coding job or IT admin roles.

Women also overwhelming target roles higher up the corporate ladder long term where younger men appreciate and gravitate toward “in the trenches” roles where they can bond with other men because IT work is still overwhelmingly male.


2 posted on 10/03/2024 12:04:16 PM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: anthropocene_x

Thank you for using the word MALE for the asian guy in your post.

As for the article title...GENDER as it is used here is a manufactured word.

It is called SEX. Not gender.

God I hate the left.

And the idea of course is to feminize men in every facet of life.

It is why, I think, Trump is getting more black male votes and Hispanic votes than any R before him.

When i say Hispanic, I ream Americans with Hispanic ancestors.

I need to be careful with that. Sometimes I refer to myself as Italian...I am Far From.

I speak Italian and know the country well, but I am an American with Italian ancestry.

My great nephews and nieces, with names like Cole and Mandy are ONLY Americans :)

They’ll be using sauce from a jar :)


3 posted on 10/03/2024 12:05:14 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dp0622

“My great nephews and nieces, with names like Cole and Mandy are ONLY Americans :)

They’ll be using sauce from a jar :)”

Not mine. We make pasta sauce together using tomatoes from our garden and Romano cheese that one of them grates, and they love it. They wouldn’t touch the canned stuff with a pole.

I have no doubt that when they’re grown they’ll keep making sughitto they learned from Nonno. 😊


4 posted on 10/03/2024 12:18:27 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: anthropocene_x

“are policies mandating preferential advantages to women”

Without question, yes.

It’s because they’re playing us.

They’re trying (but will ultimately fail) to destroy what God created as a perfect balance between men and women.

Men should be exalted in the manly way God wants them to be, and women should be exalted in the womanly way God wants them to be.


5 posted on 10/03/2024 12:35:35 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: anthropocene_x

Just a reminder...there is no patriarchy. It’s a myth, just like the pay gap itself.


6 posted on 10/03/2024 12:43:41 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: anthropocene_x

Bkmk


7 posted on 10/03/2024 12:45:05 PM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: anthropocene_x

“Male-advantaged jobs like manufacturing have been decimated and sent to China. “

A nasty problem for male and female.

Buy a domestically produced item, the money you pay goes to an American’s paycheck.

If foreign-made, that money disappears from America and eventually comes back when, say, some Chinese buys a bunch of American land.

That’s if we have an imbalance of trade, which we have big-time.

A tariff helps except the tariff money goes to our government, which is a smoke-and-mirrors machine.


8 posted on 10/03/2024 12:47:02 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: anthropocene_x

who requires special needs while pregnant?

who garners more migraines in the workplace?

who, as a parent, has more medical visits?

all the while, the guys in the office show up, on time, do their jobs, and go home.


9 posted on 10/03/2024 12:47:34 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: rottndog

A ‘patriarchy’ would’ve never given women their current rights, including voting rights. A ‘racist’ majority white America would’ve never freed the slaves or enacted civil rights legislation to protect minorities. The only thing that is ‘systemic’ in the United States, is systemic media/academic gaslighting.


10 posted on 10/03/2024 12:50:09 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: aquila48

Your post MADE MY DAY! :)

You’re right, I can’t give up that easily!!


11 posted on 10/03/2024 12:50:10 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: anthropocene_x
Anyone who has seen the literature on this topic and experienced it in the business world has known for years that this whole “wage gap” is B.S.

The strongest evidence can be found in wage studies that are based on data for men and women who work under collective bargaining agreements. That’s because these contracts establish uniform wage scales by job category and generally eliminate any discretion in employee compensation.

Even under the most rigid, gender-neutral compensation structure, men always tend to earn more than women on a weekly, monthly, or annual basis. That’s for two simple reasons:

1. The men work more difficult and dangerous jobs.

2. The men work more overtime hours.

12 posted on 10/03/2024 1:10:49 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Well, maybe I'm a little rough around the edges; inside a little hollow.” -- Tom Petty, “Rebels”)
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To: anthropocene_x
Maybe they were in the year 1970, but today?

Not justified in 1970, not justified today.

13 posted on 10/03/2024 1:12:51 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: anthropocene_x
The 'pay gap' is a manufactured issue politicians use to pander to women

Data Reveals Women Overwhelmingly Choose Lower-Paying College Majors

14 posted on 10/03/2024 1:36:15 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: dp0622; aquila48

We’re all pikers in the make our own sauce department when compared to an nyc family who densely planted Mama’s grave in Mount Saint Mary cemetery with tomato plants. Guess what they planned to make with those tomatoes…?3


15 posted on 10/03/2024 2:16:25 PM PDT by TalBlack (Fight Fight Fight America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOJdMog6T0)
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To: TalBlack; dp0622

“Guess what they planned to make with those tomatoes…?3”

Mama’s sauce?


16 posted on 10/03/2024 4:04:11 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: anthropocene_x

There is no conspiracy against women. They simply don’t have the ability of men. Men are bigger, stronger, more aggressive, more confident, and a little smarter. That’s why we have female-only chess leagues and math olympiads, and even poker tournaments. Even in intellectual sports, women can’t compete with men at the top levels.


17 posted on 10/03/2024 5:01:56 PM PDT by Diversity Is Our Weakness
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To: Alberta's Child
Even under the most rigid, gender-neutral compensation structure, men always tend to earn more than women on a weekly, monthly, or annual basis.

The race and pay gaps are globalist lies. Asian women make more than anybody.


18 posted on 10/03/2024 8:52:35 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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