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Gender "Pay" Gap (Contributing factors (Childbirth/care…
Gender "Pay" Gap
Contributing factors
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Job risk
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If more women are wanted in male-dominated jobs, than why aren't they wanted in the more dangerous ones?
Age
A 2010 study showed that the average salary of a young woman working in a big city is 8% higher than a man's.
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If the prevailing narrative was correct, it would simply be illegal, meaning the employer can be rightfully sued
1970 Equal Pay Act: Act of the UK Parliament which prohibits any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment.
The Equality Act 2010: legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society.
Media
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Misses out Northern Ireland, in which women have higher median earnings than women, in order to reinforce the narrative.
"There is no reason that two groups - that have different educations and choose different occupations and choose different amounts of time at work - there's no reason for them to be paid the same." - Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Double Standards
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Though Outnumbered, Female CEOs Earn More Than Male Chiefs - Wall Street Journal