Should US companies be required to provide equal pay to women and men? – Part 20

The notion that women on average get paid less than men is extremely misleading. Yes, it’s true on average they do get paid less, but there’s a reason for this. When people here these facts they simply assume it’s because employers pay women less because they are women, that’s just not true it most cases.

In these statistics people fail to take into account the fact that women generally take more time off work for bearing and raising children. Women simply work more jobs that pay less like secretary work, while men generally work more labor intensive jobs like construction where salaries are higher to compensate for potential injury. Also, men, on average, tend to be more involved in career building then women which also leads to help spike the “pay gap” between men and women. There are hundreds of other factors that influence these statistics as well. Heck, there’s simply more men in the work force than women. When all this is taken into consideration it’s no wonder the statistics come up the way they do.

In closing I want to bring up another point which totally destroys any arguments against me. If employers can get away with paying women less for the same job a man does as claimed, then why would any intelligent employer ever hirer a man over a woman in the work place? I doubt it’s simply because they have some strong sexist feelings and would rather take a loss in profit than hirer a women.