"Gender pay gap" discredited

Homeslice · 03-13-2011, 11:59 AM

Flat-out ownage...

Amorok · 03-13-2011, 12:21 PM

No one will listen. Once there's a victim mindset in a group, it never goes away.

Captain Morgan · 03-13-2011, 12:39 PM

[devil's advocate]

Maybe women are being held back and/or discriminated against, which is why they don't have the higher paying jobs. For instance:

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Unmarried women who’ve never had a child actually earn more than unmarried men, according to Nemko and data compiled from the Census Bureau.

This shows that women are clearly discriminated against because they take time off for maternity leave.

[/devil's advocate]

By the way, before you flame me, I'm being sarcastic. I'm just showing that any statistic can be twisted to show whatever the author chooses to show (but I hope most of us know that already).

Amorok · 03-13-2011, 12:43 PM

My only opinion on that is that men should get time off for paternity leave as well. I took a month that was chargeable leave, whereas if I'd been a woman I'd have gotten six weeks free.

Captain Morgan · 03-13-2011, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Amorok

My only opinion on that is that men should get time off for paternity leave as well. I took a month that was chargeable leave, whereas if I'd been a woman I'd have gotten six weeks free.

Surprisingly enough, some companies actually do that now.

101lifts2 · 03-13-2011, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Amorok

My only opinion on that is that men should get time off for paternity leave as well. I took a month that was chargeable leave, whereas if I'd been a woman I'd have gotten six weeks free.

But you're not the one actually having the child. Big difference....and if you need to stay home, then you could just as well pay for a babysitter.

Amorok · 03-13-2011, 12:56 PM

Yeah, not the Air Force. Also, while a woman can get the military to pay for her breast augmentation surgery, I can't get them to pay for anything to keep me from goin g bald. THERE'S your inequality.

Homeslice · 03-13-2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Amorok

Also, while a woman can get the military to pay for her breast augmentation surgery,

Say what?

derf · 03-13-2011, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

Say what?

Say yes

derf · 03-13-2011, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Amorok

My only opinion on that is that men should get time off for paternity leave as well. I took a month that was chargeable leave, whereas if I'd been a woman I'd have gotten six weeks free.

Army does, it was implemented last year (or the year before), but its not 6 weeks, it is 2 weeks non chargeable.

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Originally Posted by Amorok

Yeah, not the Air Force. Also, while a woman can get the military to pay for her breast augmentation surgery, I can't get them to pay for anything to keep me from goin g bald. THERE'S your inequality.

Yeh but they will pay for your balls to be snipped, which is worth much more than a set of bewbies, because it prevents a set of babies

03-13-2011, 11:59 AM	#1
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Amorok Issukangitok Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Biloxi, MS Moto: '06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Posts: 2,225	No one will listen. Once there's a victim mindset in a group, it never goes away. __________________ What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming around, and sometimes you are what's coming around. You see what I mean?

03-13-2011, 12:43 PM	#4
Amorok Issukangitok Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Biloxi, MS Moto: '06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Posts: 2,225	My only opinion on that is that men should get time off for paternity leave as well. I took a month that was chargeable leave, whereas if I'd been a woman I'd have gotten six weeks free. __________________ What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming around, and sometimes you are what's coming around. You see what I mean?

03-13-2011, 12:56 PM	#7
Amorok Issukangitok Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Biloxi, MS Moto: '06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Posts: 2,225	Yeah, not the Air Force. Also, while a woman can get the military to pay for her breast augmentation surgery, I can't get them to pay for anything to keep me from goin g bald. THERE'S your inequality. __________________ What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming around, and sometimes you are what's coming around. You see what I mean?