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Why Do People Still Believe the Myth of the Gender Wage Gap?

It isn't real. Average differences in salary between men in contrast to women are largely due to one over-riding factor: choice.
Men have different interests, due to the fact they're not like women. Men like things, women like people. Men gravitate to objects like cars, trains, planes and things that go BOOM! Women like to talk, gossip, socialise, and hence they'll wind up in careers in nursing, psychology and teaching. Men are far more analytical, and will gravitate to the (highly sought-after, and therefore highly-paid) STEM positions, and end up becoming a data analyst, statistician, or invent something that they can sell to Elon Musk.
Men have greater ambition, work longer hours, are far more willing to sacrifice their leisure time with family in order to make it to the top of the corporate ladder. Women take far more holidays, sick leave, and are FAR more likely to opt to work part-time rather than full-time.
It really is this simple. "Discrimination" has NOTHING to do with it!
I mean, come on, think about this. If it were true that women got, let's say, 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man to do the exact same job, don't you think employers would do all they could to get away with hiring only women?
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SteelHands · 61-69, M
Stats are always malleable.

How is wage disparity defined? Does it include W4 dependent deductions of married 2 income households and non married women in no child one income living with parents? Does that include non employer employee purchases of benefits such as selected health group costs, employee 401k plan contributions?

Self employment?

Skilled tradesman? Unskilled labor force?

All temp positions?

Skilled and executive positions by average or aggregate totals?

Statistical hijinx is a buyable commodity.

Anyone that uses them as evidence is usually cherry picking the data.
Nitedoc · 51-55, M
@SteelHands I agree and like your use of the term "malleable".
SteelHands · 61-69, M
@Nitedoc I didn't want to say surveys made with vaguely interpretive terminology, delimited locuses in time and duration, over inclusive sets or ignoring the system dynamics.

Any well bought survey maker knows how to create beans from bs.
Nitedoc · 51-55, M
@SteelHands True. It's not hard to make stats say what you want them to.
SteelHands · 61-69, M
@Nitedoc Can they? Yes, and for some, just call them the go to reality convertor. To magically make the incredulous into plausability lickety split, just contact your friendly poll taking statistical analyst. They can convince any talking head that they're not cartoon talking.

It's no secret any more. Making the absurd real is what many of them do best. Hyperinflation? Just call it publicly supported funding for positive offset inflation reduction. It's not system rigging and cheating. It's misinformation suppression by way of informational timing. Supported by the majority, of course.

Lol