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The "Gender Wage Gap" is a Myth

Thank you. "It only seems like women are being paid lower." It doesn't only seem like it; women are paid less than men in virtually every occupation, as proven by the Census Bureau. "Gender wage gap does not exist when both man and woman have the same job." Actually, in a workplace that uses the seniority system, it does. The man will be paid more because he puts in more time, the very definition of the seniority system. There's the gender wage gap. "The role of the woman... is to give birth to children and take care of these offsprings." Being paid less for the same work and the same effort is justified by "primal human behavior"? We've entered a time where many primal human behaviors are now obsolete or have evolved.. If a woman can take a job and perform above or at the same level as a man, she should be fairly compensated. People should be paid based on performance, not time. The seniority system is unfairly biased towards males and must be replaced. "Not all people are talented or have the potential to be or do something phenomenal." That's not what I mean by a performance-based pay system. I mean that if someone takes a job and works hard at it and performs well, they should be fairly compensated despite gender or time put in. I'm not saying that everyone can become a millionaire or win a Nobel Peace Prize, I'm saying that everyone can find something that they're good at, pursue a career that somehow implements it, and be paid for their work rather than their time. "Hard work has a close interrelationship [with time.]" That's true in some cases, but mostly for those that involve you being on top or starting your own business. A CEO who puts in more time is likely working harder than one who does not put in as much. But in occupations where you work for someone, that's not always the case. Some people may be able to do a job with the same skill at half the time of someone else. If a mechanic finishes working on a car faster than another mechanic and both cars are in the same condition, by your logic, the one who spent more time should be paid more because, well, they were there longer. "I have proven the Gender Wage Gap is merely an illusion." Not quite. You added to my seniority system argument and gave me the reason why the seniority system causes the wage gap: because a woman is more likely to spend more time at home caring for her children. You verified the existence of the seniority system and praised it, claiming that more time equals better work, yet that is not the case. Basically, the ideas you presented in the argument reflect my own; you extended my seniority system argument and then praised the seniority system rather than arguing against the existence of the wage gap. It is time to pay women fairly for their work by replacing the seniority system with one that awards performance. When we do, the quality of tertiary sector work will increase and our women, who are unable to spend optimal time at work, will be fairly compensated. Now for Pro's rebuttal.
The "Gender Wage Gap" is a Myth

Gender wage gap does not exist. It only seems like women are being paid lower. But, when discussing these types of issues, we should not just look at them at a surface level. We should dig deeper and find the root cause. Now, gender wage gap does not exist when both man and woman have the same job. In your argument, you state that women don't always get compensated fairly. Let's look at the main reason why women make significantly less money. Assuming that you were taught this as a child, the role of a woman, in terms of biology and primal human behavior, is to give birth to children (to prevent the human race from extinction) and take care of these offsprings. Because of this, women spend less time than men on labor and more on ensuring the welfare of their children. Inherently, higher-paying jobs require more time, effort and possibly more skill. Women have a tendency to have lower-paying jobs not because they lack skill (and perhaps effort), but rather time, which is spent in taking care of their kids. They were just created that way. Just because women outnumber males 4 to 1 doesn't mean that all their caregiving responsibilities have gone up in smoke. As for the seniority system, it has been already undeniably implemented. It is not sure whether it is a fault or a strength of the government, but labor has been measured by time and grade. The seniority system, I presume, was invented because, let's face it, not all people are talented or have the potential to be or do something phenomenal enough. Like most in the federal government, one of their main purposes is to achieve equality. The most neutral standpoint is time, with which hard work has a close interrelationship. I have proven that Gender Wage Gap is merely an illusion, which, therefore, ceases to be an existence. It is now Con's turn to make a rebuttal.
The "Gender Wage Gap" is a Myth

In the United States, the Gender Wage Gap is not only a real occurrence; it is a real issue. FIRST POINT: The Census Bureau verifies the existence of the Gender Wage Gap. http://www.census.gov... This link, taken from the website of the Census Bureau shows that in virtually every occupation, including those where women make up 80% of workers, women make significantly less money. This means that even in an occupation where women outnumber males four to one, men still make more. That's the very definition of the Gender Wage Gap, thus proving (using a government source) that it exists. SECOND POINT: People on both sides of the political spectrum agree that the Gender Wage Gap exists. "When you short-change women, you short-change families and you short-change America." -Hillary Clinton, Democrat (former. First Lady, former. Secretary of State, former. Senator, and 2016 Presidential Candidate) "We must pass pay equity for women workers." -Bernie Sanders, Democrat/Independent (Senator, former 2016 Presidential Candidate) "Women should have absolute access to capital. If they do the same job, they should get the same pay." -Donald Trump, Republican (Businessman, 2016 Presidential Candidate) "We do know that women don't always get compensated fairly and that we can do more." -Carly Fiorina, Republican (Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Former Senate Candidate, Former 2016 Presidential Candidate) THIRD POINT: The cause of the Gender Wage Gap is the seniority system. The seniority system pays more to workers who spend more time working rather than awarding performance. Women are more likely to spend more time at home or with the family than their male counterparts, and thus are paid less. Most occupations use the seniority system. Carly Fiorina explains this very well in her book, "Rising to the Challenge: My Leadership Journey". Here's a quote from the chapter titled. "What Women Want": "The single greatest impediment to equal pay for equal work is the seniority system, which pays not on merit and not on performance, but on time and grade. "The federal government can lead this charge by dismantling its seniority system"a system that rewards employees for time in grade, not for merit, performance or hard work. ... And who is it who supports the seniority system? Unions, government bureaucracies, the very constituencies that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party represent and which support them." I have proven the existence of the Gender Wage Gap by providing evidence of income inequality sourced from the Census Bureau, as well as by quoting individuals of different political ideologies and exposing the source of the Gender Wage Gap itself. I now turn the argument over to Pro.
It is irrational for BOP to be on Atheism

1. The argument of oppression: God claims are more than that of a passive being but of also his of divine rules, commandments and explanations. It is irrational to claim that others are to be judged under such rule without first proving them true. The monotheist religions have extreme conviction and presume Their Gods rule to all other people. There has been no rational process of interpretation. Nor is there any official interpretation, These are oppressive claims over others who do not share the belief. E.g. Homosexuals, and or Athiest, or even smaller religions, It is immoral, and unjust must be justified first! There is nothing confusing about this argument. 2. Argument from neutralization: If you claim some God must be proven false, for its non-existence to be true. Then anyone who claims to believe the opposite of your God, but with the same supernatural power, creates a deadlock. I am claiming believe of the opposite God. If these are both to be considered true. Then either they are not all powerful, in which none of them exist or they cancel each other by contradiction, then none of them can be claimed to exist. Therefore there should be balanced equality which would neutralize both claim until prove has been demonstrated on one side or the other. 4. Argument from Pride and honesty: If you are sure and proud of you argument. You would not even care about burden of proof but just proof it by sheer honesty and pride. If I think something true, I put my argument right out in the open to be tested right away. There shouldn’t be a question about it. Therefore it is irrational for the BOP to be on Athiest. Because the theist should want to prove it if it is true. Not avoid it. The major difference is Youve been Fooled! “For what makes a God the one God, is his infinite magnitude in being and powers. “ Its us or him!!! The Fool: Being stems from the word “existent. “ It’s just to ‘be’ as in to ‘exist.’ But all that exist is the Absolute Universe. And God can’t be outside all things that exist, or he wouldn’t exist, but if we is infinite then we are a limited existence under infinite. Which would mean our existence is 0. That we don’t exist at all, but that is OBSURD. So either God doesn’t exist or we don’t exist. Therefore God does not exist.
It is irrational for BOP to be on Atheism

cience is philosophy! Rational/reasonable: To think incoherence with logic.1. Arguments must be intellegentally defended by the Debators. 2. Appeal to authorty or references are NOT replacements for Arguments.3. Principle of Charity=Conduct4. The Debate is for Intellectual truth value rather then debate value. Principle of Charity-respecting the most likly meaning of the debator. -giving the best representation of opponest arguments. -Assume your opponent to be rational and intellegent. -Vague language is to be avoided. No Loop whole wins:-sementic Games. -playing to the definition(playing to the a particular definition of a word and not the reality of what the debate is about. Definitions rules! The Most informative, percise and reasonable definitions are to be taken over others. A contradiction, is a FATAL blow. No believes, or convincings, or seems like, or shouldness Votes about it.
The Bible teaches a pre-tibulation rapture of the Church of Jesus Christ

There are 3 harvests of God's people in the Scriptures. If you understand the FEASTS of Lev. 23, these 3 harvests can be understood. There is debate on types of raptures. For the purposes of this debate, I will consider all 3 harvests to be a type of RAPTURE. Israel was required to go to 3 Feasts. Duet 16:16. Interesting is the fact that there is a harvest of God's people at each of the REQUIRED Feasts. Israel was built on agriculture, the times of the harvest Feasts were meant to be symbolic of the harvests of God's people. The Feasts of Lev. 23 are: (1) A short summery of the plan of Salvation, (2) The story of the good news of the Gospel, and (3) A short Biblical summery of our Redemption (Passover, Day of Atonement, Unleaven Bread, etc.) The 1st (FIRST) HARVEST (Rapture) was at Christ's resurrection. Christ being the first fruits of the Barley. Lev. 23:10-15. Christ being the first fruits of them that slept. I Cor 15:20-23. But Christ was not the only one that was the first fruits of the Barley. A group of God's people were resurrected with Him. Matt 27:52, 53. This is the LITERAL fulfillment of the first fruits of Barley in the PROPHECY of Lev. 23:10-15. I believe these were taken to heaven at Christ ascension. There is evidence in the Scriptures that this is the case. In Rev. 5:5-14, Rev. 11:16. The 24 elders were redeemed from every nation vs9, and they appear to be at the throne BEFORE the book of 7 seals were opened. The 2nd (SECOND) HARVEST (Rapture) is found in Rev. 11:1-13 of the two witness. This is the resurrection of the first fruits of the WHEAT HARVEST on the Day of PENTECOST (feast of weeks). The 144,000 at this time are the ONLY FIRST FRUITS in the Scriptures that have not been HARVESTED. Rev. 14:4 REDEEMED and FIRST FRUITS. This resurrection, harvest, (Rapture) comes at the end of their ministry (Rev. 11:2,3) just BEFORE the END of the GREAT TRIBULATION, Rev. 11:15, 7th angel. We know this will happened, because in Rev. 15 it tell us that this group of God's people are on MT. ZION BEFORE, BEFORE, BEFORE, the 7 LAST PLAGUES. Read it for your self. This will be a LITERAL fulfillment of the prophecy in Lev. 23:20, 21 first fruits of the wheat harvest. The 3rd (Third) HARVEST (Rapture) is I Thes. 4:14-18, this is the harvest of God's people BOTH living and dead (Feast of TABERNACLES). This was the harvest at the end of their agriculture year, on the Lev. 23 calendar. Rev. 14:14-16, is the harvest of the rest of grain and the grapes at Christ's coming. This Feast was a Feast of Great Joy. Notice in I Cor 15:51, 52 that it says, "LAST TRUMP," This happens at the end of the 7th and LAST TRUMPET. The Feast of TRUMPETS (this could also be the LAST TRUMP) was sounded just before the Great Feast of TABERNACLES (John 7:37 last day) in the 7th month of Tishri. The Feast of TABERNACLES will be the LITERAL fulfillment of the prophecy in Lev. 23: 34-44. If we want to know about the harvests (Raptures) of God's people, we should study the Feasts of harvest in Lev. 23. The Scriptures were written for our admonition. I Cor. 10:11. HAPPY RAPTURE
flamingos should be forced to wear shoes

Both the turtle and the eagle both churn butter in tibet.. its just that the turtle does it a 12 PM and the eagle gets midnight. But this is not the point , for if it was then all of the worlds butter scothc would arise in the firey churning tooth of the bread munchkins from the naughty west trying to melt your lazania in the toaster during the forest fire of january on christmas day. As this should tell you the munchkins have a king that will eventually release all of the fleas from the ostrich roaming japans streets whilist giving it some hairy ape crumbs of bread With this as my evidence i would like to point out that makeing flamingos wear shoes would help them with the pill addictions and with aids
flamingos should be forced to wear shoes

"Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines (the crown group of the superorder Chelonia), characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield." -In other words... they are slow moving reptiles that like to eat all of your pizza but, not before getting in your way while your driving and takeing there sweet time getting across... making you wait 60 to over 900 minutes- "Eagles are large birds of prey which are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other -Eagles are big birds (I give you this) but, they are nothing compared to the legendary BIG bird of seasame street. Its majestic chirping can be heard for several miles and with just one flap of its heft wings can accelerate to the speed of light.[1]- "Now it is quite impossible that a Philippine Eagle (obviously native to the Philippine Islands) would (in Tibet, mind you) would decide to churn butter at midnight," -There is no proof that eagles do not churn butter in tibet at midnight.- "L is for lazy A is for alphabet, something you apparently need to learn S is for spell check, something you do not use A is for apples, 'cause their damm tasty N is for Never ever ever insult my species G is for Garfield, who is ashamed that you can't spell his favorite food. A is for anorexics, who need to eat apples Helpful, isn't it?" -This sir... just made my bowels quake-
LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of all time

LeBron James is the greatest of all time. LeBron will have a longer career than Jordan will. (I know he didn't go to college) He has played against a generation where 3 point shooting is virtually impossible to miss. He carried the Cavaliers 2 games in the finals against the Warriors. This season they finished (73-9). LeBron has played against arguably the best talent in the NBA of all time. (03-16) Lebron has 2 rings. Jordan has 6. LeBron didn't win until he went to the Heat with Wade and Bosh. BUT the years before he carried his team to the finals against the Mavericks. With a vintage Dirk and Nash. LBJ winning against the Warriors we knew they would lose. Before Jordan has Rodman and Pippen moved around him he never won a Finals by himself. I'm leaving some things out, hopefully someone responds.
Nazi jokes should be banned in america

While the first amendment rights dictate freedom of speech is a basic human right, it is important to take into account specific cases in which litigation has shown there are exceptions to this right. There are permissible restrictions on free speech that are unprotected by the first amendment. For decades, hate speech laws have been passed, outlawing offensive speech to protected groups. In Beauharnais v. Illinois, the Supreme Court sustained that the laws in Illinois regarding the prohibition of speech that offended specific races, ethnicities and religious group were constitutional. Since then the Supreme Court has ruled similarly in such matters, further allowing the prohibition of damaging hate speech in other states. Offensive comments or jokes regarding Nazism are directly damaging to certain religious and ethnic groups and should not be stated in a public setting.
My Poetry vs Your Poetry: Contest

Pro has forfeited the final round. 'Never Give Up' At the end of the day, we can only saythat we tried our very hardestNo time for laughter, or time for playwe must reap what we sow from our harvestWith food on the table, it's time for a fableso gather around as I tell my talefor there is a story about a man in a stablewho one night heard a terrible galeIt was a cold winter night, no-one was in sighta forgettable evening up northa man came to a site, and oh what a frighthe was met with a scary unknown force"I am the devil" he heard the force say"I've come to steal your soul"and as quick as a whip, the man started to sitand said, "but how did I become that goal?" "You've gotten lazy and fat, you barely try at all!"The devil said unto him"You're the perfect example of a wasted soul"Then the devil let out a grin"How about a bet?" The man said to the DevilI'll challenge you to a drinkThe devil did meet this man on the leveland was met with a vile of stinkThe man let out a smile, said "stay for a while"and poured the devil his drinkthe devil took a sip, and started to tripand felt as his heart began to sinkThe man then said, "you aren't the first guest to visit""For one time this preacher passed by, a squatter"and in return for letting him stayhe blessed that vile as holy water
My Poetry vs Your Poetry: Contest

My love, I know not where you are, but I feel you closean endless chase, for an invisible ghostThey say be patient, do not wait in hastebut how could I not? For you are my time and spaceI can see you so clear, when I close my eyesno more living in fear, no more masks or disguiseI can hear your laugh, as we cheers for our toastwe will have a beautiful wedding, my invisible ghostWe shall dance under the stars, and kiss under the moonwe will create life and love, and inspire flowers to bloomI will build you your dream house, right off the coastI will love you always and forever, my invisible ghostAnd when we grow older, I will never leave your sideyou are my joy, my happiness, my life, and my pridesomeday when I die, God will ask who I loved the mostI'll look in his eye, and reply, my invisible ghost
My Poetry vs Your Poetry: Contest

I look forward to this debate/contest with you, con. Cats seem like a great poetry topic for one of your poems. c: Good Luck! I should tell you that some of my poems are dark and sad, but that only makes them more interesting. Jane Shame My name is Jane, Shame, shame, shame! I see scars on my face, I hear voices in my head, My eyes are fire-ry red. Everywhere I look, nothing is right. The sun is burning! Turn off the light. . My eyes are red, my skin is so pale, My mind is dark, don't ask me how I feel. The voices in my mind repeat to me, There's may be no god, there may be no heaven, And the only hell is the one you're living.
Rational_Thinker9119 is possibly the smartest debater on DDO

Thanks to Pro for his argument. Since Pro has not stated otherwise, he has the burden of proof, since he is making the positive claim. I just have to refute his contentions.R1) ELO"well, first of all, as can seen from his debate profile ... he has won almost 80% of his debates, an impressive amount that racked up a high and mighty elo score of 3,711"There are many, many debaters with a higher elo than that.http://www.debate.org...R2) Scientific Knowledge"Now, Rational Thinker is a very scientific thinker, posting to The Cosmological Argument, and he asks Atheists to Explain the Universe, posting to that specific topic many many times, with intriguing comments and confusing ones too...This is all very scientific, and it is obvious that Rational Thinker is astute in these fields of knowledge."There are several other debaters who have done much higher level debates concerning science and philosophy.Examples:Sargon vs. Citrakayah http://www.debate.org...dyancatlow vs. RoyLathamhttp://www.debate.org...popculturepooka vs. Sargonhttp://www.debate.org..."Once, he was so confusing the opponent basically gave up! His opponent even outright stated 'wtf is this, my brain is having trouble processing...'"That is not necessarily a good thing. Albert Einstein once said "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" (http://www.brainyquote.com...)Now, I'm not saying that RT doesn't know what he's talking about; I'm just saying that the use of high level terminology does not equate to intelligence.R3) "My Opponent Will Lose This Debate" series"In addition, his series of 'my opponent will not win this debate' has been so cleverly devised that no one has won the debates, whether they attempt to argue about the rules, didn't even try, or even if RT trolls with dumb arguments, he still wins!"It does not take a high level of intelligence to come up with a ploy like that. All it takes is some creativity. In addition, recently, BananaPhilosopher beat him at his own game, fooling RT into taking a debate with a 5 minute argument time limit. RT even conceded that BP had done a "good job". (http://www.debate.org...)R4) Trolling"Finally, one troll debate I found clearly demonstrates RT's incredible genius. He purposefully forfeited, and stated that he was so stupid he thinks he can win even after he forfeited, showing his "debateness" in this debate. "First of all, being able to troll well does not equate to genius, though it does take a good amount of humor and creativity. Second of all, even if it did, there have been many other troll debates that are much, much more hilarious.Examples:Imabench http://www.debate.org...http://www.debate.org...Massivedump http://www.debate.org...http://www.debate.org...I have refuted all of my opponent's contentions.I hand the debate back to Pro.