Feminism Thread.

[Mark]

As someone who actually read the entire book, Warren Farrell's argument is that yes, men are paid more, but when adjusted for overtime, maternity leave, and women quitting their careers to raise children, the gap closes to almost even. The other points Farrell makes is that men work more dangerous jobs (mining, demolition, construction), and they also work higher risk, higher reward jobs (financial trader, real estate investor, entrepreneurs, etc.). So the extreme high rewards of those professions skew the numbers in their favor.

Feminists have found ways to debate some of Farrell's conclusions and numbers. I honestly haven't looked into their arguments enough to see how much weight they hold.

There definitely are still some industries that do have a pay gap.

What's interesting as well is that the famed "Halo Effect" (the psychological effect where better-looking people get better jobs and more raises) is significantly more pronounced for women than men.