<p>Has no one read my post? There is no “gender gap”!</p>
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<p>Latitude, why are you trying to confuse the issue by introducing facts?</p>
<p>Are there any statistics on female college debt?</p>
<p>There is a great deal of research on the pay gap and bias toward women in the workforce. I cannot find much research stating the argument is false or skewed. Does this mean that it is true or the research doesn’t exist? I really cannot find much stating the there is NO bias against women in Corporate America or in career paths. I am holding out hope that somewhere in our 50 states, no or little bias exists.</p>
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<p>Source, please?</p>
<p>Im late to this thread and Im not too keen in reading the previous posts but Im certainly an outlier based on the thread title. Two decades ago my starting salary was the same as most of my male colleagues for the same job description. I think if an individual focuses more on strengthening ones work ethic instead of worrying about statistics then ones pay will be at par or exceed male colleagues.</p>
<p>Count me among those who refuse to believe that a gender pay gap exists, especially among college graduates.</p>
<p>In fact, I believe the assertion that it exists insults women. If you get a job offer for less than a male classmate for the same position, don’t accept the offer. If your co-worker makes more than you for the same work, talk to your boss and start looking for a new company. No one can force you to accept unfair terms.</p>
<p>I can believe that theoretically blue collar workers with limited mobility might be susceptible to pay inequities. But even in these cases, employers would be violating the law in order to continue inequitable compensation practices. Do these companies exist? Certainly, just as there are polluters, embezzelers and other scofflaws. Is the problem widespread? Impossible, or our courts would be flooded with lawsuits (more than just deep-pocketed easy targets such as Wal-Mart).</p>
<p>Female college debt is slightly higher than male but only by a few hundred $$s.</p>
<p>"The average female earns 54 cents for every dollar her male counterpart makes.</p>
<p>Source, please?"</p>
<p>I have heard that 42% of people make up statistics. Or is that 48%?</p>
<p>Definitely 48%.</p>
<p>Females now attend college in greater percentages than males. Since college graduates make more, on average, than just high school grads, shouldn’t this largely be benefitting young females?</p>
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<p>Perhaps 46%? (1-54=… ) :D</p>
<p>I thought it was 47% … that the people who would make up stats are the same ones who are too lazy to work enough to pay income taxes (I’m joking)</p>
<p>somewhat interesting…[Many</a> Women at Elite Colleges Set Career Path to Motherhood - New York Times](<a href=“Many Women at Elite Colleges Set Career Path to Motherhood - The New York Times”>Many Women at Elite Colleges Set Career Path to Motherhood - The New York Times)</p>
<p>Almost half of women surveyed were found to be paying more than 8 per cent of their earnings towards student loan debt - however, less than 40 per cent of men paid the same amount.</p>
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<p>How is this possible?</p>
<p>Doing a job only depends on the talents and skills, but not on the gender;</p>
<p>Companies should give equal pay for both men and women if they do equal work!!</p>
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<p>There’s no difference if other factors, like the job the person is doing, are eliminated. These generic surveys are meaningless. You also have to factor in that women take off more time to have kids which greatly effects their career paths and hence their salaries. </p>
<p>Employers are making rational economic judgements so any differences will reflect that in the long-run. If a particular employee, who happens to be a female, is worth more than Employer A will pay, then she will switch to Employer B. That’s how markets work!</p>
<p>I think a more interesting question is why women gravitate to lower paying fields like teaching and nursing in the first place.</p>
<p>LakeClouds “I think a more interesting question is why women gravitate to lower paying fields like teaching and nursing in the first place.”</p>
<p>Historically these were some of the few occupations open to women. Today, many women choose teaching and nursing not only because they want to do that work but also because of the schedule flexibility.</p>
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<p>To an employer, schedule flexibility equals less productivity and commitment to the job which in turns mean lower value and hence wages. Does that explain the discrepency the OP pointed out?</p>
<p>Schedule flexibility usually means that the employee is more committed to that job and company then anywhere else because they’re less likely to get that flexibility elsewhere. We have so much less turn over on or people that have the ability to work from home for example… And they get very flexible schedules however it’s a Two way street… If office is out of power and the home workers have it they have to worth extra hours to cover for the office…</p>
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