Daily Mail trying to be SJWs

lol

My thoughts exactly...

How do you remember your username

I tried to come up with something constructive, but I think everything has already been said on how **** the Daily Mail is and how misleading the presentation of the "wage gap" is..
If I needed to, it is a bit of simple cryptography...but I just use the "remain logged in" feature or whatever

Nope, don't see how you're all finding this funny. I may not agree with all of the stats, but I would encourage you give being a woman in the corporate world, as I am, a whirl, and then rethink this....

Nope, don't see how you're all finding this funny. I may not agree with all of the stats, but I would encourage you give being a woman in the corporate world, as I am, a whirl, and then rethink this....

This is such nonsense. Women are not paid less because they are women or because they are discriminated against. Women are on average paid less because of the choices they make. If you control for variables like the occupation, hours per week worked, career position etc. the "wage gap" disappears.

I am a professional and I actually get paid less than my female counterpart.

Probably illegal and definitely happens.

I've been in the same situation. In my case it's because of the aggressive scumbag environment I've been in.
In that environment you see women getting a bad deal all over the place, and across the wider sector.

Sector stats that aren't distorted by maternity leave should only be considered.

What industry are you in?

What I just simply do not get is that a lot of people who campaign against say sexism in STEM fields choose to do a Gender Studies degree instead of a STEM related degree

Finance

And yes! It doesn't help does it! And then understandably STEM women want to distance themselves from the others.

Ugh gender studies.

I thought finance was becoming better in allowing women to access it more?

It's such a ridiculous stance to take! I really don't believe we can exonerate the root cause of the issue.

Also, women can be less aggressive negotiating pay and end up with less.

The problem isn't necessarily the access but the culture. Most women don't make it to senior management because they find it very hard to survive in a culture that is quite 'laddish'. This is clearly not the case across the board, but in the highest paying sections (S&T and IBD), the culture is very 'laddish' and any individual who doesn't fit it is immediately cut (be they female or male). I experienced this first hand when girls were not invited to nights out with other Analysts because we all knew we would be ending up at a strip bar and that would be highly awkward with a female colleague.

That is not to say that individuals do not discriminate based on gender or race, but there is no institutional discrimination in place.