In colleges, there are no gender separations in courses of study, and students can freely choose their majors. There are no male and female math classes. But women generally choose college courses that pay less in the labor market.Those are the choices that women themselves make. Those choices contribute to the pay gap, just as much as the choice of a job with flexible hours and pleasant working conditions.The pay gap between men and women is not all bad because it helps to promote and sustain marriages. Since husband and wife generally pool their incomes into a single economic unit, what really matters is the combined family income, not the pay gap between them.In two segments of our population, the pay gap has virtually ceased to exist. In the African-American community and in the millennial generation (ages 18 to 32), women earn about the same as men, if not more.It just so happens that those are the two segments of our population in which the rate of marriage has fallen the most. Fifty years ago, about 80 percent of Americans were married by age 30; today, less than 50 percent are.
They should be paid less, but thats not one of the reasons.
Here ya go. http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/04/09/six-unfortunate-real-reasons-women-paid-less-men/
They take more days off and are often less reliable than men. Those are legit reasons if you are at the head of a company. They make perfect sense to me.
>Implying they need to find husbands Why does anyone need to find anyone?
Yeah, too bad that not all women decide to have children. There are also many reasons as to men would get days off, even when they have a family. (It's also part of equality to allow paternity leave) also how do you mean 'less reliable' in what ways, besides the ones associated with pregnancy?Quote from: PSU on February 04, 2015, 01:32:43 PMThey take more days off and are often less reliable than men. Those are legit reasons if you are at the head of a company. They make perfect sense to me.
All women don't have children, but the vast majority do. And when a woman gets pregnant, you have to pay them to be out for long periods of time. Plus you have to deal with their moodiness and morning sickness when pregnant. Even when not pregnant, women take more days off than men. Not to mention women are inferior physically which excludes them from half the jobs out there.
What sort of jobs? Those that most men avoid such as construction? Or you refer to farming, fieldwork, production lines, agriculture and so forth where countless women work in? I'll agree that physically, construction is taxing, but it's also taxing to most men, and there are many safety implications.Where do you get the idea that all women also would take many days off even when not pregnant? Do you have any legitimate statistics to back that opinion, or it's just your concept of the world from experience, or just whatever opinion you hold?There's also the fact that many men also decide to raise a family. If men would get paternal leave, and similar rights as women to look after their family then would that excuse to pay men less?Quote from: PSU on February 04, 2015, 01:41:49 PMAll women don't have children, but the vast majority do. And when a woman gets pregnant, you have to pay them to be out for long periods of time. Plus you have to deal with their moodiness and morning sickness when pregnant. Even when not pregnant, women take more days off than men. Not to mention women are inferior physically which excludes them from half the jobs out there.
Yes construction is an example. But even jobs such as farming, agriculture, or anything that requires physical lifting would require a woman to stop working for at least half a year while pregnant. No stats with me right now. I'm sure I could google it. But just from working within companies, and taking business courses are why I say that women are less reliable and take more days off. Paternity leave is a new thing (mostly because of homosexual parents) and is less time than women get. Often men are looked down upon when taking leave anyway.
Women need to be paid less so they can find husbands.
