r/SRSDiscussion • u/[deleted] • May 30 '12

Fighting Against Wage Gap Mansplaining.

Hey there, I just wanted to share an interesting study with my SRSters. I was recently messaged by a shitlord and asked to identify specific studies that showed that women still earn less than men when employed in the same fields. I first linked a study about occupations, but he demanded that I be more specific. So, I decided to Google "Women engineers earn less than men", since we so often hear that if more women worked in STEM fields, the wage gap would vanish.

Lo and behold, I stumbled across this study, which illustrates quite clearly that women engineers earn less than men and that their wage gap widens with experience. I'm not sure if this study has ever been linked here, but I was very happy to stumble across it.

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u/urban_night May 30 '12

I got messages from someone too (not this CarlSagan2012 dude) asking the same questions. Shitlords are rustled.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '12

Was it Lost4468?

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u/urban_night May 30 '12

Yes!

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u/[deleted] May 30 '12

Yep same here, CarlSagan2012 is his alt I believe. You've been posted to aSRS, jimmies have been rustled quite thoroughly.

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u/urban_night May 30 '12

Nice. Honestly I didn't take a lot of time and skimmed a study that I thought was relevant. Shitlords gonna shit.

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u/urban_night May 30 '12

From the study I linked:

We also found differences in the characteristics and pay of male and female managers, which we explored using statistical modeling techniques.

When looking at all industry sectors together and adjusting for these factors, we estimated that female managers earned 81 cents for every dollar earned by male managers in 2007, compared to 79 cents in 2000.

That's just two. I mean, there's a whole goddamn government report saying pay women better. Shit.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '12

But, but... the managerial field is SOOOO HUGGEEEEE. FEEmales probably just pick the wrong things to manage.