> By some estimates, mothers make only 70 cents for every dollar fathers do.
For an organisation that concerns itself a great deal about misinformation, it sure does like to spread it around when it fits its narrative.
For an organisation that concerns itself a great deal about misinformation, it sure does like to spread it around when it fits its narrative.
The caveat is that it's not an apples-to-apples comparison, and indeed the mistake a lot of people make is to imply (or outright say) that this means women are paid 30% less for the same work.
In general, there's more to text than the literal meaning. Text suggests, and an institution like the BBC knows that.
If women were accepting less pay, you d have entire corporations trying to get rid of men to make room for cheaper women.
The reality must be that women and men gravitate towards different jobs and different hours per week.
The good thing is that most men and women can unite and create a balance to average their revenue across a couple.
My wife is paid more than me but she's doing a job I cant do and she wouldnt even consider doing mine... like, is that bad ? Hard to say, we just balance it out.
Did you not read that far or did you choose to not include it for a reason?
What is the misinformation here ?
This is a great example of why no article covering this topic can be discussed sensibly on this site – because of bad-faith comments like this.
I would act in exactly the same way if they were claiming the reason they perceive women to be paid less is because they are less intelligent "by some estimates"[1], but I have a strong suspicion they wouldn't do that. In my view, it is the same principle being broken in both examples and all I desire is treating them consistently.