As of today, New Zealand women are effectively working for free until the end of the year because of the 8.2% gender pay gap.
Based on that gap, the average Kiwi woman is paid 336 days for the equivalent of 366 days for men, according to the Ministry for Women.
The way they calculate it is so simplistic…
Pay for males – Pay for females ___________________________________ x 100 Pay for malesIt doesn’t take into account what kind of job the person is doing, where they are working, in which industry, work experience, etc. Just median hourly pay across everything with no nuance.
It’s like comparing a newbie and a senior by median pay and claiming they should be paid the same because they are human.
That’s a common way of looking at it.
My buddy who works in a snowy mining camp in absolutely remote Yukon on a 4wk/2wk shift - but after 3 days of air travel down to his house its more like 1wk off - says they have a lot of open roles to fill out there but no women applying.
The pay is awesome.
The p value of women just randomly deciding to all work low paid jobs is <.001
Which doesn’t say anything. Nobody throws a dart at the board and picks a job that way. It is undeniable that women are often found in jobs like healthcare, retail and education (source). One could have the simplistic take of “just get another job, duh”, but a lot goes into career-path decisions from upbringing, to social perception, and opportunity. Things aren’t just that simple, so taking such a simplistic formula to draw up a complicated plan is the wrong way to go about it.
So you’re saying the simple formula actually measures the complex factors of upbringing, social perception, and opportunity.
You’re right! This figure represents a serious inequality in the upbringing, social perception, and opportunities presented to women. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
“So you’re saying” followed by nothing of what I said.
I feel like I’m on twitter… If you like replacing other peoples words with your own, just have the discussion in your head. It’ll save us all a bunch of time.
Okay, so you’re not saying that women’s career paths are determined by inequality of upbringing, social perception, and opportunity. Drag is trying to understand. Can you explain what you actually meant to say, and whether you agree with the statement even if you didn’t mean it?