[Nekko Fox]'s diary
"I just know, I feel it in my heart."
That isn't evidence, nor a valid argument. It is, in fact, an admission to having based ones views on emotion rather than logic or available facts.
Written about Monday 2016-09-12
Written: (3140 days ago)
So the wage gap I keep hearing about is a myth.
Men might -earn- more than women, but they do not get paid more.
The Census Bureau wage statistics calculated the average income of men and women in the United States. There were no limitations on the incomes that were involved in the calculations, they literally lumped together all the incomes they had on record and calculated the average.
Now this is how the average is calculated… all of the salaries are added together. Then the sum of those amounts are divided by how many salaries were added together.
“Oh, but the sum of the female salaries were obviously lower than the male salaries!”
Yup, but that’s not because women are paid less. That’s because statistically, men are more likely to pick higher paying jobs than women.
The most lucrative jobs are petroleum engineering (87% male), pharmacy pharmaceutical sciences and administration (48% male), mathematics and computer science (67% male), aerospace engineering (88% male), chemical engineering (72% male), electrical engineering (89% male), naval architecture and marine engineering (97% male), mechanical engineering (90% male), metallurgical engineering (83% male), and mining and mineral engineering (90% male).
These are all jobs that men dominate.
Inversely, the least lucrative jobs are counseling psychology (74% female), early childhood education (97% female), theology and religious vocations (34% female), human services and community organization (81% female), human services and community organization (81% female), social work (88% female), drama and theater arts (60% female), studio arts (66% female), communication disorders sciences and services (94% female), visual and performing arts (77% female), and health and medical preparatory programs (55% female).
And no, it’s not because women aren’t “allowed” to get the higher paying jobs. It’s because men are more inclined to choose the high paying jobs. Women’s personalities make them more “predisposed” to pick jobs that happen to pay less than others that men are more “predisposed” to pursue. Doesn’t mean that women don’t exist in the remunerative fields… just means that they are less common because less women are trying to go into these fields. It has nothing to do with sexism, but has everything to do with how male and female personalities differ.
Also, here’s an interesting little factoid. Some women are less likely to even try to join a workplace that is in a male dominated field. Be it they are discouraged or intimidated, the fact of the matter is that women won’t jump at the opportunity to enter these fields.
Not only that, but men are more likely to choose dangerous jobs, such as aircraft pilots, truck drivers, garbage collectors, physical labor jobs like roofers and construction laborers, iron/steel workers, farmers, fishers, loggers, ranchers, and industrial machinery installation/r
These are all “male dominated fields.” The amount of workplace fatalities is over nine times higher for men than it is for women (5.5 per 100,000 men, 0.6 per 100,000 women). 4,021 men and 319 women died in workplace injuries in 2009. Men do this for a number of reasons, such as the fact that they are natural risk takers.
Women are statistically more interested in starting a family, so they leave their careers to focus on the family. That’s not a bad thing, it’s just something that women are more statistically inclined to do.
Men also are more likely to work longer hours. Men, on average, work 40+ hours per week while women, on average, work 35-39 hours per week. Not only does this make men more likely to be promoted (a company owner will be more inclined to choose an employee who jumps at the opportunity to work overtime for a promotion or pay raise).
So what have we learned so far?
The Census Bureau statistics took the salaries of men and women and calculated the mean salary per gender, but didn’t take the types of jobs into consideration.
The highest paying jobs are primarily male-dominated fields, while the lowest paying jobs are primarily female-dominat
Women’s personalities are one of the factors that lead them to pursue jobs that happen to be less remunerative, just like how men’s personalities are one of the factors that lead them to pursue high paying jobs.
Women will not jump at the opportunity to pursue a job in a male-dominated field.
Some of the most dangerous jobs offer pretty fat salaries. Men are more likely to get jobs in dangerous fields.
Women are more likely to leave their jobs to focus on their families.
Men work longer hours than women.
So with all of this information, let’s think about the wage gap. The CB took all the salaries and added ‘em together, but didn’t include the information that impacted WHY men make more money than women, which there is overwhelming proof to explain.
So for example, let’s say we have these salaries:
Male workers: $80,000, $83,000, $87,000, $90,000, $92,000, $95,000, $100,000, $110,000, $118,000, $120,340
Female workers: $73,000, $74,600, $77,000, $80,300, $84,000, $88,000, $93,000, $98,300, $105,120, $115,500
Total for male workers: $975,340
Total for female workers: $888,820
Average for male workers: $97,534
Average for female workers: $88,882
So there you go, the average salary for the women is less than the men. In my little cooked up example, the difference is about 91 cents per dollar. Which makes sense, considering the actual gap collected by the Census Bureau says that the gap is probably more along the lines of 81% - 87%, even 94% in some demographics.
Sources:
Schow, Ashe. “No, women do not make 77 cents for every dollar men make.” Washington Examiner. Washington Examiner. 8 April 2014. <http://www.was
Rosenbloom, Joshua L., Ash, Ronald A., Dupont, Brandon, and Coder, LeAnne. “Why are there so few women in information technology? Assessing the role of personality in career choices.” Journal of Economic Psychology. Vol. 29, Issue 4 (2008), pgs 543-554. <http://econpap
Thompson, Derek. “The Biggest Myth About the Gender Wage Gap.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. 30 May 2013. <http://www.the
Perry, Mark J. and Biggs, Andrew G. “The ’77 Cents on the Dollar’ Myth About Women’s Pay.” The Wall Street Journal: Opinion. Dow Jones & Company. 7 April 2014. <http://www.wsj
Holland, Joshua. “Debunking the Myth of a Mythical Gender Pay Gap.” Moyers & Company. Public Affairs Television, Inc. 8 April 2014. <http://billmoy
Sommers, Christina Hoff. “No, Women Don’t Make Less Money Than Men.” The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast Company LLC. 1 February 2014. <http://www.the
Greenhouse, Steven. “The Most Dangerous Jobs in America.” The New York Times Economix. The New York Times Company. 20 August 2010. <http://economi
Rosin, Hanna. “The Gender Wage Gap Lie” Slate Doublex: What Women Really Think About News, Politics, and Culture. The Slate Group. 30 August 2013. <http://www.sla
Cha, Youngjoo, and Weeden, Kim A. “Overwork and the Slow Convergence in the Gender Gap in Wages.” American Sociological Review. Vol. 79 Issue 3 (2004) pgs 457-484. <http://mypage.
Chow, Lisa. “Why Women (Like Me) Choose Lower-Paying Jobs. NPR Planet Money. NPR. 11 September 2013. <http://www.npr
Weissmann, Jordan. “Why Are Women Paid Less?” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. 17 October 2012. <http://www.the
Tobak, Steve “The Gender Pay Gap is a Complete Myth.” CBS Money Watch. CBS News, 8 March 2011. Web. <http://www.cbs
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Written about Monday 2016-09-12
Written: (3140 days ago)
So the wage gap I keep hearing about is a myth.
Men might -earn- more than women, but they do not get paid more.
The Census Bureau wage statistics calculated the average income of men and women in the United States. There were no limitations on the incomes that were involved in the calculations, they literally lumped together all the incomes they had on record and calculated the average.
Now this is how the average is calculated… all of the salaries are added together. Then the sum of those amounts are divided by how many salaries were added together.
“Oh, but the sum of the female salaries were obviously lower than the male salaries!”
Yup, but that’s not because women are paid less. That’s because statistically, men are more likely to pick higher paying jobs than women.
The most lucrative jobs are petroleum engineering (87% male), pharmacy pharmaceutical sciences and administration (48% male), mathematics and computer science (67% male), aerospace engineering (88% male), chemical engineering (72% male), electrical engineering (89% male), naval architecture and marine engineering (97% male), mechanical engineering (90% male), metallurgical engineering (83% male), and mining and mineral engineering (90% male).
These are all jobs that men dominate.
Inversely, the least lucrative jobs are counseling psychology (74% female), early childhood education (97% female), theology and religious vocations (34% female), human services and community organization (81% female), human services and community organization (81% female), social work (88% female), drama and theater arts (60% female), studio arts (66% female), communication disorders sciences and services (94% female), visual and performing arts (77% female), and health and medical preparatory programs (55% female).
And no, it’s not because women aren’t “allowed” to get the higher paying jobs. It’s because men are more inclined to choose the high paying jobs. Women’s personalities make them more “predisposed” to pick jobs that happen to pay less than others that men are more “predisposed” to pursue. Doesn’t mean that women don’t exist in the remunerative fields… just means that they are less common because less women are trying to go into these fields. It has nothing to do with sexism, but has everything to do with how male and female personalities differ.
Also, here’s an interesting little factoid. Some women are less likely to even try to join a workplace that is in a male dominated field. Be it they are discouraged or intimidated, the fact of the matter is that women won’t jump at the opportunity to enter these fields.
Not only that, but men are more likely to choose dangerous jobs, such as aircraft pilots, truck drivers, garbage collectors, physical labor jobs like roofers and construction laborers, iron/steel workers, farmers, fishers, loggers, ranchers, and industrial machinery installation/r
These are all “male dominated fields.” The amount of workplace fatalities is over nine times higher for men than it is for women (5.5 per 100,000 men, 0.6 per 100,000 women). 4,021 men and 319 women died in workplace injuries in 2009. Men do this for a number of reasons, such as the fact that they are natural risk takers.
Women are statistically more interested in starting a family, so they leave their careers to focus on the family. That’s not a bad thing, it’s just something that women are more “biologically” inclined to do.
Men also are more likely to work longer hours. Men, on average, work 40+ hours per week while women, on average, work 35-39 hours per week. Not only does this make men more likely to be promoted (a company owner will be more inclined to choose an employee who jumps at the opportunity to work overtime for a promotion or pay raise).
So what have we learned so far?
The Census Bureau statistics took the salaries of men and women and calculated the mean salary per gender, but didn’t take the types of jobs into consideration.
The highest paying jobs are primarily male-dominated fields, while the lowest paying jobs are primarily female-dominat
Women’s personalities are one of the factors that lead them to pursue jobs that happen to be less remunerative, just like how men’s personalities are one of the factors that lead them to pursue high paying jobs.
Women will not jump at the opportunity to pursue a job in a male-dominated field.
Some of the most dangerous jobs offer pretty fat salaries. Men are more likely to get jobs in dangerous fields.
Women are more likely to leave their jobs to focus on their families.
Men work longer hours than women.
So with all of this information, let’s think about the wage gap. The CB took all the salaries and added ‘em together, but didn’t include the information that impacted WHY men make more money than women, which there is overwhelming proof to explain.
So for example, let’s say we have these salaries:
Male workers: $80,000, $83,000, $87,000, $90,000, $92,000, $95,000, $100,000, $110,000, $118,000, $120,340
Female workers: $73,000, $74,600, $77,000, $80,300, $84,000, $88,000, $93,000, $98,300, $105,120, $115,500
Total for male workers: $975,340
Total for female workers: $888,820
Average for male workers: $97,534
Average for female workers: $88,882
So there you go, the average salary for the women is less than the men. In my little cooked up example, the difference is about 91 cents per dollar. Which makes sense, considering the actual gap collected by the Census Bureau says that the gap is probably more along the lines of 81% - 87%, even 94% in some demographics.
Sources:
Schow, Ashe. “No, women do not make 77 cents for every dollar men make.” Washington Examiner. Washington Examiner. 8 April 2014. <http://www.was
Rosenbloom, Joshua L., Ash, Ronald A., Dupont, Brandon, and Coder, LeAnne. “Why are there so few women in information technology? Assessing the role of personality in career choices.” Journal of Economic Psychology. Vol. 29, Issue 4 (2008), pgs 543-554. <http://econpap
Thompson, Derek. “The Biggest Myth About the Gender Wage Gap.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. 30 May 2013. <http://www.the
Perry, Mark J. and Biggs, Andrew G. “The ’77 Cents on the Dollar’ Myth About Women’s Pay.” The Wall Street Journal: Opinion. Dow Jones & Company. 7 April 2014. <http://www.wsj
Holland, Joshua. “Debunking the Myth of a Mythical Gender Pay Gap.” Moyers & Company. Public Affairs Television, Inc. 8 April 2014. <http://billmoy
Sommers, Christina Hoff. “No, Women Don’t Make Less Money Than Men.” The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast Company LLC. 1 February 2014. <http://www.the
Greenhouse, Steven. “The Most Dangerous Jobs in America.” The New York Times Economix. The New York Times Company. 20 August 2010. <http://economi
Rosin, Hanna. “The Gender Wage Gap Lie” Slate Doublex: What Women Really Think About News, Politics, and Culture. The Slate Group. 30 August 2013. <http://www.sla
Cha, Youngjoo, and Weeden, Kim A. “Overwork and the Slow Convergence in the Gender Gap in Wages.” American Sociological Review. Vol. 79 Issue 3 (2004) pgs 457-484. <http://mypage.
Chow, Lisa. “Why Women (Like Me) Choose Lower-Paying Jobs. NPR Planet Money. NPR. 11 September 2013. <http://www.npr
Weissmann, Jordan. “Why Are Women Paid Less?” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. 17 October 2012. <http://www.the
Tobak, Steve “The Gender Pay Gap is a Complete Myth.” CBS Money Watch. CBS News, 8 March 2011. Web. <http://www.cbs
Want more reading?
http://econpap
http://www.for
http://online.
http://money.h
http://www.blo
http://blogs.t
http://www.cbs
http://www.mar
http://www.bus
http://oratora
http://tgjesus
http://wwww.ex
http://www.tel
http://www.nyt
http://www.ame
http://www.nyt
http://www.zer
http://economi
http://www.bus
http://www.reu
http://abcnews
http://www.nyt
http://www.kse
http://www.tim
http://www.for
http://www.wom
http://www.wom
http://www.reu
http://edition
http://www.msn
http://www.cnn
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http://www.sif
http://www.sci
http://www.pay
http://www.huf
Written about Sunday 2016-09-04
Written: (3148 days ago)
A law as ancient as coinage itself says bad money will drive out the good.
Written about Monday 2016-08-29
Written: (3154 days ago)
Mansplaining is just a made-up term used by people who say they are fighting for gender equality to silence people because if their gender.
The word you're looking for is "condescending
Mansplaining is just a made-up term used by people who say they are fighting for gender equality to silence people because if their gender.
The word you're looking for is "condescending
Things Gawker has done (Good Riddance)
Forcibly outing gays who don’t want to be outed = Fun
Doxxing every single gun owner in New York = Fun
Helping a smear campaign against gamers who want game journalists to stop being corrupt shitbags for a change = Fun
Posting the sex tape of a celebrity and then refusing to take it down when a judge flat-out orders you to = Fun
Gawker Media was the company that owned Kotaku which had writers who were the targets in the 5 guys scandal with Zoe Quinn
when the news started up that Gamers were dead and that Gamergate was misogynist
Writers from Kotaku, Gawker(the news site), Jezebel, I09, Deadspin,and a few of their other sites all carried the same story about gamergate….. (Deadspin is about Sports and really never even talked about sports video games)
all of those sites were owned by Gawker/Nick Denton
and many other news sites picked up the story and sourced the various gawker sites as if they wouldn’t lie to protect one of their own
after that gawker started sourcing the other sites such as Polygon and IGN for info turning it into a circle jerk and flooding Google with their narrative
and making it nigh impossible to know the full truth if you tried to research anything yourself without knowing the backstories that were only known by some who had seen the story progressed as it was happening
Bit of a Rant On On Demanding Character Gender/Race Swapping
People want to change characters to be women, another race, whatever, because they’re lazy and don’t want to put out a new character and risk it failing. They don’t want to work at earning a fanbase or putting in the hard work to make that character succeed.
They’d rather convert somebody else, like Thor or Link, into a woman to get a cheap pat on the back and to feel progressive. And in the process they usually fall head first into the pitfall of writing a character based on what they are rather than who they are and/or write the character and story centering around the change.
A new Thor showed up, who was a woman. And immediately characters began to revolve around the feminist, female Thor narrative. Crusher Creel became a blatant misogynist and critic proxy. Titania, Creel’s WIFE refuses to fight FemThor because they’re both women, despite Titania never having this compunction before and despite the fact that FemThor just punched out her hubby. Odin became a misogynist asshole who has never been displayed as such prior. Every character seemed to revolve around pointing out that the new Thor was a woman.
Ghostbusters was made with the almost rabid desire for ‘girl power’. Which resulted in the creator, and other people involved with the film, slamming fans and overall producing negative publicity. For all the frantic defense of this film, it flopped because the people who defended it weren’t invested in the film’s success, just the appearance of being morally superior and progressive.
The reason Linkle was so ill received by the people whining about wanting a female Link is because Linkle wasn’t Link. She didn’t have his star power and pre-establishe
Nevermind that Ghostbusters was inherently ideologically biased, to the point where some are saying the film is outright hostile toward men. Which, when you consider the defense of the film often ignores female critics and whitewashes all criticism of the film to being men, that argument might seem more legit. From ever male character being either a slimeball, idiot or asshole, to flat out killing Bill Murray’s character, to defeating an enemy with a shot to the dick, it seems like the film was written as if it had something to prove.
The problem with ideological ego stroking is that it is hollow. Not only in creativity, from what we’ve seen of games, comics and other media that take this route, usually ending up being bland and boring, but also from a financial point of view.
When the entire point is to earn ass pats from people, people are going to virtue signal, telling you how great you are for doing whatever you’re doing, and then feel entirely fulfilled themselves. This is why these kinds of media, from Ghostbusters, to the new Thor to the game Sunset all flop. Because they’re not good and because the people they’re marketed to don’t consume that media, they’d rather tweet or reblog or post about liking something because THAT gets them attention and makes them look righteous. Changing an existing character or franchise to feel self righteous in front of other self righteous people is only good for your ego because feeling morally superior doesn’t pay the bills.
Demanding games forcefully put in female characters, demanding a character change race/sex/etc, trying to reboot a franchise with a stupid ideological lean to it. All of it is is an attempt to score points, not an attempt to make a good piece of art or a good product.
Frankly, I’m glad this approach is visibly tanking, costing money rather than earning it. Hopefully this lazy, entitled and stupid trend of demanding a gender/race swap for existing media franchises/cha
Written about Sunday 2016-08-21
Written: (3163 days ago)
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
She brought her lamb to school one day;
The kids let out loud jeers.
The children took her lamb away
And Mary choked on tears.
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was red with blood.
She took its little body home
And swore she’d hurt them good.
Mary knew that lambsblood called
Things ancient, hidden, and deep.
As Mary painted signs of old,
Never did she weep.
Mary had a little lamb;
It made her something scary.
Now I dare you, look in a mirror
And whisper “bloody Mary.”
Written about Monday 2016-08-08
Written: (3175 days ago)
