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davidn3600

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12. We are talking about averages though...

Reply to laundry_queen (Reply #11)

Thu Apr 24, 2014, 10:15 PM

Apr 2014

...most women who have children CHOOSE on their own to work less hours if they are able to. And that's where at least a piece of the gap is originating from. These Nordic laws won't fix that.

Women also tend to avoid many of the male-dominated fields...especially STEM majors. When women get to college, they don't tend to stay in those majors very long. A local engineering/technology school near me...73% enrollment is male.

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Will the gender wage gap ever close? [View all] davidn3600 Apr 2014 OP

The only reason women have seemed to close the gap Warpy Apr 2014 #1

No oldhippie Apr 2014 #2

We certainly could fix it. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #3

False assumption BainsBane Apr 2014 #5

Sure. Igel Apr 2014 #6

Sweden is NOT the same as the US. BainsBane Apr 2014 #4

I think the point is that traditional ideas to combat this are failing davidn3600 Apr 2014 #9

I disagree that it's failed laundry_queen Apr 2014 #11

We are talking about averages though... davidn3600 Apr 2014 #12

Not as long as MRA's keep crying oppression... Ohio Joe Apr 2014 #7

Two lines of attack BainsBane Apr 2014 #8

A few points on this: laundry_queen Apr 2014 #10