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Old 04-02-2012, 05:01 PM  
Buff
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The Lie About The Male/Female Wage Gap

So I saw another study lamenting the disparity in pay between men and women. This one tells us that "Corporations Pay Women CFOs 16 Percent Less Than Men". My answer is so what? Is that supposed to be some sort of injustice? Let's apply some logic:

If women really do the same quality and quantity of work as men, if they bring the same shareholder value to the corporation as men, if they are not costlier to hire than men, but you can pay the 16% (or as much as 25% in some studies) less than you pay men...

WHY THE FUCK WOULD ANYONE HIRE A MAN IF THERE WERE A WOMAN AVAILABLE TO DO THE JOB? You're getting the same benefits but saving 16%-25% on your labor costs! You'll put your idiotic misogynist competition out of business because they're stupid enough to hire men when women are available.

The fact that not only is this not the case, but the government actually has to pass laws to ensure women get hired at all by businesses tells you that there's more to this story. One (or more) of the above premises is/are false. Period. That's how the real world works. Especially in the modern global age where everyone wants to outsource to get the cheapest labor possible.


Use your fucking brains, people, and don't let the media and others think for you. Apply some fucking logic to what they tell you. Verbum sat sapienti.
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