What's interesting about these responses is that I've had a few men tell me that the gender wage gap doesn't exist. They go into the specifics of how the data collected debunk the gender wage gap and that no man is automatically getting paid more for the exact same job as women are. Okay, that might be true. But, there is a gap regardless. Women have to deal with so much more in the workplace. Discrimination based on parental status, ALL the unfair shit that pregnant working women deal with, sexual harassment, microaggressions, less representation in the boardroom/executive positions... the list goes on... and this all adds up to a gap. So even if it were true that the gender wage gap is a myth, there is a gap regardless.
This reminds me of a conversation I've had on many different dates I've been on. "Hey if you want equality you can pay for your own meal and I don't need to open the door for you and I can hit women because equality!!". Equality is not so simple. Wouldn't it be convenient to just forget about the social circumstance of the patriarchy and continue to act as though we live in a vacuum. Forget all the historical violence, oppression, discrimination, and legislation against women that continue to affect our lives everyday. It's like a shit stain that won't go away bruv. Acknowledge the shit stain.
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