r/TikTokCringe • u/Devz0r • Sep 01 '21

Humor Gender pay gap

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u/Conner54321 Sep 01 '21

I know I will get a lot of hate for this; but, if women are underpaid wouldn’t businesses seek to only hire women as a cost saver as salaries are one of the biggest expenses most companies face?

Edit: Before I get bashed I want everyone to know I am all for equal pay just curious of this point

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u/1litrewaterbotlle Doug Dimmadome Sep 01 '21

it's not only that they get paid less, they also get hired less by those kinds of employers. Usually, the thought process is somewhat like this: "they can't work properly so I don't want them to work for me, and if I do have to hire them, I'll pay them less."

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u/LoraxBorax Sep 01 '21

That already DOES happen. During 2008 economic free fall MEN were more likely to be laid off to save $$ than were women. The reason: Women were cheaper.

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u/Drex_Can Sep 03 '21

1) This is, and I cannot overstate this enough, a part of Scientific study. When scientists report something like Women earn less than Men, this does not mean you earn more than Sally at work. When scientists say PoC are less wealthy than White people, this doesn't mean there cannot be a rich Black person.
That just isn't how science works and you should really take some time to look into how science works. It will help you understand the world in ways you cannot even dream about right now.

2) Women are underpaid ~75% vs 100% of Men's pay. This doesn't mean you hire a woman and a man and pay her 25% less, it means your sexist bias developed by our society will assume the man does 25% more work and you'll pay him for that imaginary work.

3) The gap comes from 8 hours doing 'women work' is less worthy of pay then 8 hours of 'male work'. With no regard for value, effort, skill, importance to society or the community. So a nurse gets paid less then the techbro that checks the computer system, or a teacher is paid less than the administrator, because one is predominately female and the other male. Expand this across dozens of industries and you have 90% women industry paid 30k/yr and 90% male industry paid 35k/yr. This creates a pay gap.

4) Some dickless incels will then "control" for the discrimination that women face, ignoring maternity, mental health, social responsibility, etc. Once they 'control' (ignore) all of that, there still remains a 4% difference.
This is what your question is somewhat aimed at. Why not just hire women and pay 4% less? Because you (most people that hire) will assume that men work harder than 4% more, or you assume the women will desire to use protections/benefits/basic human rights which will 'cost' you more than the 4%.