#gender gaps

[feminismisafraud]

What Feminists Don’t Tell You About Gender Gaps & Why

According to data from the US Census Bureau's 2016 American Community Survey, women comprise at least 80% of the workforce in the below 43 jobs. The annual real median personal income for all jobs was $31,099 in 2016. All jobs in bold/italics earn more than that and can be considered good paying jobs. 

Feminists never talk about the large number of jobs that are disproportionately filled by women. If they did so, it would completely undermine their position, which makes them both hypocritical and disengenuous. If you’re a feminist, gender gaps are normal, ubiquitous, and completely unproblematic - provided women benefit from them as they do below. If the numbers skew the other way, only then are gender gaps an issue to whine about.

43 jobs with +80% gender gaps feminists are completely silent about

Eligibility interviewer, government programs

Median pay for women: $41,024

Percent women employed: 80.3%Library technicianLibrary technician

Library technician

Median pay for women: $28,397

Percent women employed: 80.4%

Audiologist

Median pay for women: $72,123

Percent women employed: 80.5%

Insurance claims and policy processing clerk

Median pay for women: $36,812

Percent women employed: 80.5%

Personal care aide

Median pay for women: $22,159

Percent women employed: 80.9%

Social worker

Median pay for women: $44,603

Percent women employed: 81.0%

Loan interviewer and clerk

Median pay for women: $41,065

Percent women employed: 81.1%

Fabric and apparel patternmaker

Median pay for women: $61,097

Percent women employed: 82.6%

Office clerk, general

Median pay for women: $33,492

Percent women employed: 82.8%

Library assistant, clerical

Median pay for women: $30,768

Percent women employed: 83.1%

Interviewer, except eligibility and loan

Median pay for women: $31,371

Percent women employed: 83.2%

Maid and housekeeping cleaner

Median pay for women: $21,000

Percent women employed: 83.8%

Word processors and typists

Median pay for women: $33,909

Percent women employed: 84.1%

Host and hostess, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop

Median pay for women: $19,022

Percent women employed: 84.1%

Occupational therapy assistant and aide

Median pay for women: $49,665

Percent women employed: 84.2%

Human resources assistant, except payroll and timekeeping

Median pay for women: $38,544

Percent women employed: 84.3%

Phlebotomist

Median pay for women: $31,160

Percent women employed: 84.8%

Special education teacher

Median pay for women: $48,703

Percent women employed: 85.6%

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aide

Median pay for women: $25,706

Percent women employed: 86.1%

Occupational therapist

Median pay for women: $70,044

Percent women employed: 86.4%

Paralegal and legal assistant

Median pay for women: $47,073

Percent women employed: 86.4%

Teller

Median pay for women: $26,361

Percent women employed: 86.5%

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurse

Median pay for women: $38,523

Percent women employed: 87.1%

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerk

Median pay for women: $38,665

Percent women employed: 87.2%

Social science research assistant

Median pay for women: $41,419

Percent women employed: 87.3%

Payroll and timekeeping clerk

Median pay for women: $40,922

Percent women employed: 87.3%

Teacher assistant

Median pay for women: $22,095

Percent women employed: 87.3%

Nurse practitioner

Median pay for women: $100,030

Percent women employed: 87.8%

Registered nurse

Median pay for women: $64,413

Percent women employed: 87.9%

Hairdresser, hairstylist, and cosmetologist

Median pay for women: $25,636

Percent women employed: 88.3%

Billing and posting clerk

Median pay for women: $34,424

Percent women employed: 88.4%

Dietitian and nutritionist

Median pay for women: $49,886

Percent women employed: 88.6%

Medical records and health information technician

Median pay for women: $38,404

Percent women employed: 89.9%

Receptionist and information clerk

Median pay for women: $28,444

Percent women employed: 90.4%

Medical assistant

Median pay for women: $30,418

Percent women employed: 90.8%

Medical transcriptionist

Median pay for women: $33,161 

Percent women employed: 92.1%

Dental assistant

Median pay for women: $31,161 

Percent women employed: 92.2%

Dental hygienist

Median pay for women: $55,946 

Percent women employed: 93.2%

Childcare worker

Median pay for women: $21,212

Percent women employed: 93.8%

Secretary and administrative assistant

Median pay for women: $36,929

Percent women employed: 94.7%

Speech-language pathologist

Median pay for women: $62,734

Percent women employed: 94.7%

Preschool and kindergarten teacher

Median pay for women: $25,021

Percent women employed: 98.0%

Nurse midwife

Median pay for women: $101,552

Percent women employed: 100.0%

End of Story

[arcticdementor]

Feminists don’t care about the gender gap in ballet. Why should we care about the one in tech?

The selective outrage of feminists over disparities like the one in tech is revealing.

I was sitting in a ballet studio, warming up before class, when I was unexpectedly prompted to revisit the idea of the “gender gap.” Surrounded by that standard 20:1 female to male ratio, I asked myself, where is the public outrage? If we tend to assume that occupational gender disparities are invariably the result of injustice, then, by all accounts, ballet was suffering from an epidemic of anti-male sexism.

The selective outrage of feminists over disparities like the one in tech is revealing. There is a conspicuous shortage of school programs, campaigns, marches, and hashtags to end the gender gap in, say, teaching, or counseling, which according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics are professions overwhelmingly dominated by women. Nursing is a pretty good gig — it pays well, is flexible, and nurses can find work anywhere. So, where should we look for the anti-male bias that made it so that more than 90 percent of nurses are women?

Meanwhile, you will search in vain for the calls to eliminate the overrepresentation of men in mining, trucking, sewage, and garbage collecting. The reason for all this is that the feminist Left isn't so much a political movement for equality with a consistent philosophy as much as it is an expression of rage over the fact that men and women tend to make different career decisions.

[internationalwomenday]

Closing gaps in care and expanding services with decent jobs could spark almost 300 million jobs by 2035.

The economic benefits of bringing more women into the labor force are greater than previously thought.

As girls, we were raised with the belief that we could accomplish anything, and that no barrier was insurmountable. Yet, for so many women, the reality doesn’t quite meet their aspirations. Things weren’t exactly equal in the relatively conservative middle-class society in India where we both grew up. But we thought of gender inequality as largely an issue of social justice. It was only after we started delving into the topic that we came to realize that it is an equally significant economic issue.

Women make up almost half of the world’s working-age population of nearly 5 billion people. But only about 50 percent of those women participate in the labor force, compared with 80 percent of men. Not only is female labor force participation lower, but women who are paid for their work are disproportionately employed in the informal sector—especially in developing economies—where employers are subject to fewer regulations, leaving workers more vulnerable to lower wages and job losses. Furthermore, even in the formal sector, women doing the same work and having the same level of education earn less than their male counterparts. And, because women generally spend less time in the paid labor market, they have lower pensions and face a higher risk of poverty in old age. Among those who do work, few rise to senior positions or start their own businesses. Women also shoulder a higher share of unpaid work within the family, including childcare and domestic tasks, which can limit their opportunity to engage in paid work and constrain their options when they do.

[opengrowth]

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[furryalligator]

Source: http://twitter.com/theindicator/status/1086374385508892675

We have answers! Our producers manically ran through a roomful of economists at the #ASSA2019 and asked questions from you, our listeners. https://t.co/Xr5t4A3p5s

— The Indicator (@theindicator) January 18, 2019

The Indicator team attended the annual conference of the American Economic Association, where more than 10,000 economists gather. Many listeners sent questions on social media, so our producers stalked some economists to find the answers.

Here are some of the questions we answered:

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-What poorly conceived indicator has done the most harm historically? Via @evergreentwete

[arcticdementor]

According to Tumblr:

Citing statistics showing an average gender difference in economic statistics that favors men: evidence of “patriarchy” and systemic sexism, a gender gap that needs closing — and don’t you dare accuse the person posting these statistics of “hating men.”

Citing statistics showing an average gender difference in economic statistics that favors women: evidence the person posting these statistics “hates women.”

[newshourbd]

Closing gender gaps for a more inclusive Asia

Closing gender gaps for a more inclusive Asia

Gender inequality is slowing the transition toward more inclusive growth in Asia and the Pacific, says a new report by the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Independent Evaluation Department, which reveals a striking picture of the state of gender disparities in the region.

The evaluation of ADB’s support for gender and development acknowledges that ADB is recognized as a pioneer among multilateral…

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