Lindah
Junior Member
Sexism is sexism, nothing more and nothing less. If 'social sexism' is a thing, then that problem ought to be solved. The problem of said type of sexism, not the protestsSocial sexism is a thing as well.
I think you made a point a few days ago, that women don't rage for higher wages (raises, promotions) than men. Maybe that's why. Pure speculation, but I suppose that's 'social sexism', too, and neither the fault of the employer nor some super secret hidden oppressing laws that people can't find.If the study just gave the total, then you would be on to something. However, it breaks down the different occupations as well. You'll find that nearly all of them have women earning less, even when they outnumber men.
And being from a country where doctors are paid roughly $750.00 (USD) per month as a minimum wage, I surely am rather nudged by the following comment:
Level of danger, number of people willing to take the job, and the skill requirements/qualifications. The reason why doctors and lawyers earn more is because of their skills and their merits. Being doctors and lawyers require skills, require high level degrees, etc. Being a soldier is tough, however, and there are many cases of veterans being struck down under and in need of welfare. Maybe this is the real wage gap. Still not a gender issue here, however.Level of danger, number of people willing to take the job, and the skill requirement. That's why doctors and lawyers earn more than soldiers.
Yes, truly. But they only affect you as an individual if you let them take control of you. I don't let that happen to me for the most part. My weakness would be the expectations of my parents. Yes, my parents, not society itself, although I'm definitely trying to shed that. It is my problem, it is in my personal realm, and the outside world can only affect me for as long as I allow it to, which I usually don't.I think it's pretty obvious that gender expectations and roles exist.
Both. Both have their parts to play, have their merits. It's proven that natural, instinctual behaviours between men and women exist. And I'm not talking about sex or hormones, but the structures of the brains, the synapses, neurons and all of that. I get nudged when I see people claim that gender is completely a social construct. It's not. Gender is neurological, aka in the brain."It's natural" or "It's society."
But as social creatures, we're often affected by our environments/surroundings, as an example society. While it's my neurological side that tells me to get emotional fits and whatnot, it's society that tells me pink is for me. That's the difference. So, we're affected by both, but the latter is malleable, controllable and ignorable. Unless it is absolute law, which might have some merit in my country, but yeah. It only affects you if you want it to. I suppose I'm mentally strong, and I suppose the exampled women are mentally weak. Not much excuse, however. Societal pressure, peer pressure is not one one of those either.
It exists, but it's not due to the mainstream reasonings that we are shown. PS, sorry about the pinksourcing thing. It's just something that I keep hearing about and not others, such as reverse racism.This is also partly why I'm against 'The wage gap is a myth,' because... well... it isn't, for one - It exists.
Do I detect casual sexism...!? How discriminative, thinking that women would automatically lower their workforce due to high fatality rates jobs, because they're physically weaker than me. They're not! I'm a strong independent woman, who don't need no mannn!!! - I'm joking.Women largely don't take certain jobs - We've both agreed to this. An employer can not hire exclusively women in the jobs with the highest fatality rates because they'd be down to 7% of their workforce.
Yeah. Many women don't take certain jobs due to physical or mental limitations. Not wrong. But as this stays, it is only logical that women will forever receive less pay than their male counterparts. These women contribute to the small gap in the actual wage gap, and said gap logically would never close if they refuse to do the high fatality work.
Not a wrong thing, I'll say again. But it's simple logic, the real explanation why there will always be a gap, unless they're willing to risk their lives
But in conclusion to the women don't take certain jobs, it's not sexist discrimination that they receive less pay. The math adds up. Less women are in the workforce to begin with, less woman volunteer to do hard labour, less women study in courses offering many wonderful degrees and opt for things like gender studies. It's not hard to understand why there is a gap, however sad the reasoning is.
The bulk of gap is ultimately NOT caused by workforce sexism or super secret hidden oppressive laws. The remaining social issues is up to the women themselves, not to protest against the government, the law makers nor the officials.
Disclaimer: I'm often called a woman traitor in social media/discord servers by feminists. I cry.
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