UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months ago"Once you control for the relevant variables," men rule, feeemales drool!hexbear.netimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1109arrow-down1image"Once you control for the relevant variables," men rule, feeemales drool!hexbear.netUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKereru [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoIf businesses could pay women less to do the same job they would preferentially hire women and the pay gap would disappear. Yes I think perfectly rational actors is a valid assumption to base my whole field of study on why do you ask?
minus-squareBay_of_Piggies [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 months agoA significant portion of the pay gap is that women’s work is underpaid, and men over represent in bullshit overpaid jobs.
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If businesses could pay women less to do the same job they would preferentially hire women and the pay gap would disappear.
Yes I think perfectly rational actors is a valid assumption to base my whole field of study on why do you ask?
A significant portion of the pay gap is that women’s work is underpaid, and men over represent in bullshit overpaid jobs.