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rrneck

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6. There's choices and then there's choices.

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 02:37 AM

Dec 2013

How many people choosing careers that don't pay much would turn down the money if they could get it doing the same thing? How many people who enjoy their work and make money at it would take less money to do it?

Nobody does anything for just one reason, and those reasons spring from both inside and outside their skulls.

In terms of how people structure their lives in a cooperative relationship I think your description is spot on.

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A question about the gender wage gap. (X post from GD) [View all] rrneck Dec 2013 OP

A better question is how much of the gender wage gap one thinks is due to discrimination Major Nikon Dec 2013 #1

Discrimination may be rooted in something more fundamental rrneck Dec 2013 #2

I'm just pointing out what part of the gap might be due to discrimination Major Nikon Dec 2013 #3

I suspect that rrneck Dec 2013 #4

Most of the gap is the result of choice. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #5

There's choices and then there's choices. rrneck Dec 2013 #6

You make it sound like that there's no reason that some careers don't pay much. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #9

Same here. rrneck Dec 2013 #11

Doublethink Major Nikon Dec 2013 #7

In general, couples behave as a team. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #8

Gender equal opportunity does not necessarily mean equal outcomes Major Nikon Dec 2013 #10