Dissecting wage gap in Nev. and elsewhere
By Julie Ann Formoso, Las Vegas Sun
Seventy-nine cents to the dollar. You’ve probably heard that statistic on the gender pay gap, a longtime wedge issue and soapbox topic for politicians, feminists and celebrities.
Some say the gap — a simple Census Bureau ratio of the difference in median earnings — is a myth, or at least misleading. The Washington Post’s Fact Checker emphasizes the significant effect of life choices tied to gender, and the fact that the gap narrows going from median to weekly wages, or that women on average have less work experience than men and favor flexible hours over higher pay. So, while public figures and pundits on both sides of the issue make definitive pronouncements about what’s true, economic experts continue to examine questions of gender circumstance as well as gender bias.
Compared with the 79-cent national figure, Nevada looks progressive. With women making about 85 cents for every dollar earned by men, the state is among those with the narrowest gaps (alongside New York, Maryland and Hawaii), according to a 2016 report by the U.S. Joint Economic Committee.
Numbers from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation align with the wage gap at its widest among professionals and utility workers, though women do earn more than their male counterparts in wholesale trade.
There is no gender wage gap period. Name one job where women make less than men where all parameters are equivalent. Why repeat this tired old nonsense except for propaganda and devious purposes.
You can go to Prager University on the web and watch “The Myth of the Gender Wage Gap” by Christina Hoff Sommers to learn the truth.
If women really make only 79 cents compared to men making a 100 cents, why would any employer hire a man when women can be paid 21 cents less per hour?
Is it just a coincidence that this newspaper article followed the Audi commercial during the Super Bowl where women were told they have less value than men? Reprehensible reporting at best and pure, unadulterated claptrap at worse.
There was a time when Nevada was voting on some women’s equal rights and the question became,…
why settle for equal when women have clearly been superior for years?
P.S. Bruce Jenner gives us, that a girl is the greatest athlete on earth!