The "Gender Wage Gap" is a Myth

Thank you. I also apologize for taking so long because of schoolwork. Now, it is time for my rebuttal... You are right, I have phrased my ideas wrongly. Gender pay gap does exist, but, as the quotes you have used imply that it does exist because of injustice between the genders, you are wrong in that sense. "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." Yes, in that case, it is true. But what if the woman has had more time input than the man himself and thus is paid more? Now there"s the wage gap. But it is by all means not determined by which gender is more inferior. Before, women have had been discriminated, the other gender having thought of them as weaker. However, nowadays, society"s general view of women have changed incredibly, much thanks to the infamous movement of feminism. https://www.whitehouse.gov... http://www.kansascity.com... https://www.americanprogress.org... "We've entered a time where many primal human behaviors are now obsolete or have evolved." Many primal human behaviors are still intact today, and one of them is giving birth to offspring, which, I presume you know, is the role of the woman. I don't know where you got the idea where primal human behaviors have become completely obsolete. That is entirely false. https://hbr.org... "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." Again, a common mistake. People blindly accuse that there is a wage gap merely because of gender discriminations. You might argue that gender pay gap is not at all about that, but rather it is merely a pay gap between the two genders. But, like many, that oversimplifies things. Men and women have different roles. Let's face it. That's why there are two genders. If not, then I ask you what is the purpose of having so. I agree with you that they should be fairly compensated despite the time input, but how do you think hard work can be accurately (or at least close to it) measured in a way that they would be paid accordingly to their efforts? "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." Well, not everyone can do that. Sadly. As I've made clear earlier, the seniority system has already been applied. It's a fixed variable. I don"t think you (nor I) are able to eradicate it when it is convenient for women. Yes, you are correct in a sense that the seniority system is a main cause of gender pay gap. However, you also believe that gender pay gap exists wholly because of gender discrimination. I say that there are many factors to it, one of which is the female role which I have already expounded on in my previous argument. "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." By my logic, the mechanic who finishes who finishes making repairs on the car should be paid more due to his obvious higher level of proficiency. I agree with you as well. But it is not ultimately up to me to obliterate the seniority system. I am just saying that the seniority system works that way. But what I am concerned with, as I have been reiterating throughout this whole rebuttal, is that you seem to think that gender discrimination is the sole cause of gender wage gap. "You extended my seniority system argument and then praised the seniority system rather than arguing against the existence of the wage gap." I did not and still don"t praise the seniority system. I argue not on the physical existence of the wage gap, but why it exists. I wonder how much times I have to repeat this. "It is time to pay women fairly for their work by replacing the seniority system with one that awards performance." Women are being paid fairly. I am sure that you know that the wage gap has increasingly closed up in the past decades, and the problem of gender discrimination is being more actively addressed in this era. There are several cases wherein women are actually offered equal amount of salary, but they refuse to accept it as they are simply more understanding than most of their male counterparts. In a family, traditionally, it is a man's role to work for the income and to provide for the family. It is not the utmost priority for the woman to work for the income. Rather, in most cases, it is for the career. Like I said before, there are many factors that contribute to gender pay gap. Most of us have been raised by a culture where men go for jobs that are related to sciences and law while women have a tendency to go for ones without. It"s all in human behavior, really. The gender pay gap is not fueled by discrimination, but rather in differences in cultures (which, uncannily, might lead to narrow-minded people to discrimination). In fact, unmarried women get higher pay than unmarried men. http://www.businessinsider.com... http://www.wsj.com... Now, for Con's conclusion.