So I'm still coming across people frequently who still believe that women are earning around 80p to the mans £1 for the EXACT same job. And so, here I am to set the record straight and explain to y'all how it works.
The "gender wage gap" is taken from the pay gap statistics from the office of national statistics. And it does indeed show that on AVERAGE across the country including all jobs women are earning less than men.
Now this means that the gap in pay covers all the different types of jobs men and women have, and the choices they make.
The difference in pay can be explained very simply. WARNING: TRIGGER POSSIBILITY. Men and Women have different interests and make different choices because they are not, in fact, the same.
Men generally tend to work harder and longer out of choice and are driven to advance their careers over their entire lifetime. They enjoy fields such as engineering and stock broking and business management, which tend to be the higher paying jobs.
Women on the other hand tend to go for nurturing jobs, like nursing and childcare (WHICH IS FINE, ITS OKAY TO WANT TO NURTURE) and equally its fine if as a woman you'd rather go for the higher paying jobs, its just unlikely that women will. And if they do they actually tend to work their way up very fast, are in top positions by the time they are 30 and then realise that they actually don't want to spend their whole life working, they'd rather have children and spend time with them.
Many feminists would have us believe that we shouldn't desire this, that having children holds us back, and that we should work exactly like men. But this isn't true, there is nothing wrong with wanting to stay at home with children. It's a biological, innate desire. It's what we were designed for and it's amazing. We should take pride in that fact that we can create life. That our bodies nurture a life inside us into existence.
And regardless of what Hollywood tells us ( now that's a whole other rant) women are not treated less than men or harsher than men in the workplace. In fact, quite the opposite. They are treated LIKE men, men don't have it easier, they work hard, they EARN what they get.
In any case, there are so many rants I'll be going to from this, so look out for them. The point of this post is that there is no gender wage gap for the same jobs. That's literally illegal, does nobody know how the law works? It's all about the different choices that men and women make. You don't deserve to be on the same income as your male counterpart if you're not putting the same hours in.
Well stay safe out there xox
and remember to watch out for all the businesses that want to higher you over men because they can pay you less... oh wait that doesn't happen, because job acquiring and your wage is base on merit and not your genitalia. Huh funny that.