Wage Discrimination Exists - http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/21/commentary/everyday/sahadi/index.htm
The current wage gap ratio doesn't account for men and women with equal training, education or seniority. It only accounts for men and women who work a 35 hour week. As we've seen time and time again, the over-simplification of things can lead to miscommunication and wrong assumptions.
Is that happening?
Statistics can be manipulated to mean almost anything. Without taking into account equalities, what does the wage-gap ratio really say? Not much.
There is still discrimination against women on the job, however. Women with children are less likely to be hired whereas men with children are more likely to make a higher wage. I'm not saying that men and women receive equal or even fair wages, by no means... there is far too much proof otherwise. This article, however, points out the many faults of the wage-gap ratio in making a conclusion about men and women's treatment in the workforce.
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Excellent article on the wage gap - it's an awesome explanation on how statistics need to be analyzed. One of the things I've mentioned both in this class and in WS is that those numbers don't reflect different job choices/careers, hours worked, type of work, etc.
Things to torture future students with...mwahahahahahaaaa!
my article for this unit was somewhat similar in the growing wage disparity between men and women, but talked about the reason for this being men were more assertive in the workforce. I can hardly imagine the issue ever fully being resolved (and wage equality being reached) because it seems there's too many variables holding women back.
Great article! I love the way people take statistics to mean the exact truth. Manipulted stats can say anything we want them to say. The amount of variables are endless. The wage gap is an excellent example of manipulted stats. And your right, when there are that many variables the wage gap doesnt mean much!
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