I am absolutely not talking about the gender pay gap
by sprack (2024-03-03 15:42:28)
Edited on 2024-03-03 15:42:49

In reply to: If you're talking about the gender pay gap, yes that has  posted by krudler

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In fact, it has absolutely nothing to do with this.

It's about voting results, the gap between Republican and Democratic support from women that's been there since at least 1984. This particular NYT poll seems to say it no longer exists which I, for one, think is preposterous.

Did you you read the post I was responding to?

Yes, I did. It didn't mention anything about
by krudler  (2024-03-03 18:03:55)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

gender, and one could reasonably assume that the lie that many on the left still believe about the gender pay gap applied to your statement about the "gender gap" in voting habits, as it's often cited as one of the reasons women vote Democrat instead of Republican. If I misread your post, apologies, your outrage is registered.

Didn't mention anything about gender?
by wearendhockey  (2024-03-03 20:26:57)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

Sprack specifically mentioned the so-called gender gap in voting. How is that not mentioning gender?

And the gender pay gap is hardly a lie. Many on the extreme left and extreme right make misleading statements about it, but it clearly exists. Not in the sense that women doing the exact same job as men are paid substantially less all other considerations being similar, as I have heard some on the far left claim still exists, but in the sense that occupations where the workforce is primarily women are perhaps undervalued.

He asked if I read the response to which he responded,
by krudler  (2024-03-04 10:00:47)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

which would have been your post. And no, you didn't mention gender.

Your second paragraph is simply an opinion. What exactly does "undervalued" mean? We have a primarily capitalist system, where market forces, supply, and demand dictate the value of things. If you're asking to artificially inflate the compensation of certain occupations that has nothing to do with the gender pay gap. Nothing is preventing women from entering fields where the workforce is primarily men, and vice versa.