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but they tend to end up in less high-paying jobs…….

And the men who “end up” in those same jobs still tend to be paid more than the women who do.

Jordan Peterson maintains that it’s a jobs gap rather than a pay gap.  I.e. women are paid the same as men, but they tend to end up in less high-paying jobs.

Both of you have spectacularly avoided the question. Ivy…I’m really fascinated by your claim that gender wage disparity isnt ALL about gender. I’m curious what possible factor outside of gender would explain gender discrimination.

Robert I don’t know what your answer is. Your response is entirely made up of your own personal experience in one…[Read more]

If you are a manager for a large US corporation you would know there is an assigned pay range for each job classification and the place in that range a worker falls is based on performance and years of service per company policy. If you have a minority that performs well you have hit the proverbial gold mine as a manger.

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@Davis The pay gap that exists between men and women is not only because of gender. There are so many other factors involved. It’s really a myth that needs to be thrown OUT for there to be any meaningful discussion on the issue

Thanks Reg, that is a good article with good links, including one to the book. I’ll steal another link from there to a video on the famous and only meeting the four had together:

There is a book out too.

Pretty long. Just take a half-day off from work. Or skip a few soap opera episodes.

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Should Director David Lynch have looked for a severely deformed person to play the role of the “elephant man”

LOL. I can only imagine once Earth makes contact with aliens, the outrage they will feel when humans use “animation and special effects or humans in costumes” as opposed to actual alien actors. I would imagine the alien “…

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