Which Part of a Woman is 23% less than a Man?

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153. that example proves me wrong? How?

"with an average of $60,700 ..."

Comparing medians again.

And are they doing the SAME work?

"* Men’s representation was highest among nurse anesthetists at 41%.

* Male nurse anesthetists earned more than twice as much as the male average for all nursing occupations: $162,900 vs $60,700."

So men are more heavily represented in a higher paying field. Not just a higher paying field, but a ridiculously higher paying field. But a field where they are supposedly doing DIFFERENT work than other nurses. Otherwise, just look at those MEN, making 37 cents on the dollar compared to other men.

And "utterly wrong"? Unfortunately the link to the actual study does not work any more. But reading the article you linked to, I keep on seeing these words - "on average". Like in this line "Women who major in business earn, on average, just over ..." and here "Teachers and physical therapists, on average, tend to earn less than engineers." and here "found that on average, women working full ..."

Nah, it's not based on medians, eh?

I was utterly wrong when I said that. That link sure proves that.

As for the example of the computer technicians. That could be a real example or it could just be made up from this - "The average for all women, at all experience levels, is 77 percent, a number that has barely budged in a decade."

And they controlled for SOME factors - "The report controlled for different factors that tend to impact pay, including hours, job type, employment sector, and college major." But those last three are pretty wide categories.

Bottom line is that the 77% figure is just a big average - and NOT a number that compares people doing the EXACT same work.

An honest advocate should be aware of that and be honest about it.