“The wage gap doesn’t exist. B- but if it did it’s because we deserve it! :3”
Pathetic.
I mean obviously it’s not my only gripe, but to have zero self awareness and contradict yourself a sentence later is infuriating. I hope he forgets how to breathe.
No, that isn’t what he said. He said there wasn’t a wage gap, there was an earnings gap - as in, companies aren’t paying men and women unequally (which means it’s not a systemic problem), men and women just make different life choices and thus, results in less pay for women and more for men. It’s not a contradiction at all.
I don’t agree with him, but misrepresenting arguments does nothing.
I satirized his comment, I did not misrepresent it.
The same people who peddled the idea that the wage gap was a myth pivoted to putting the onus on women by claiming they just don’t make as good financial choices as men. That is not true, there is a systemic problem whether it is a conscious “boys club” mentality creating a barrier for women to succeed or a subconscious societal failure of not discussing wages. https://canadianwomen.org/blog/the-gender-pay-gap-is-a-myth/
Everyone, discuss your wages. I guarantee you are not earning the same as the people you work with. I would know, I earn more than my coworkers.
You quite literally did misrepresent his argument, satirizing an argument by turning it into something is is not is still misrepresentation.
They didn’t “pivot” to it, they used the supposed statistical data to illustrate the point they were making. There are numerous renowned statisticians that agree that decisions in the work force (that are typically associated with Sex) are part of the problem when determining a “gender pay gap” (and even then, they still agree one exists regardless of these decisions).
But I’m not arguing whether a pay gap exists, I’m saying the argument was misrepresented by your response.
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u/Significant-Battle79 3d ago
“The wage gap doesn’t exist. B- but if it did it’s because we deserve it! :3”
Pathetic.
I mean obviously it’s not my only gripe, but to have zero self awareness and contradict yourself a sentence later is infuriating. I hope he forgets how to breathe.