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Women are like men, only cheaper

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EBearhug · 27/09/2014 19:21

Women are like men, only cheaper, according to an Australian speaker at a conference for tech start-ups.

Actually, women often need to be a lot better than men, not just like them. (Which he sort of acknowledges, because it seems he had a lot more women working for him when he started his company than was average, and he acknowledges they were good, and he could give them more responsibility - but that still doesn't make it acceptable to pay them less.)

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EBearhug · 27/09/2014 21:33

Mothers are women, aren't they?

Seven, that's Philip Guo, I think on technical privilege. This article.

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SevenZarkSeven · 27/09/2014 20:45

I suppose stereotype as well.

V interesting article I read by a man of asian appearance saying he got a leg up in science/maths/IT type stuff because people simply assumed he was brilliant at it.

SevenZarkSeven · 27/09/2014 20:43

Mothers are even cheaper
And mothers who want to work part-time are utterly remarkable value.

Depressing isn't it.

The fact that I have come around to is that because men are valued more in society, quite simply people are prepared to pay them more than women. It's just, a thing, probably not even conscious thought most of the time.

This feeds into the fact that taller people get paid more as well.

Subconsciously we (society) puts values on people and pay follows accordingly, more often than we might hope.

For people being valued differently you just need to look at the papers, sadly, and even the people who can see how awful the media are, are likely to consume these messages to some extent.

Just thinking out loud there.

And you know the worst thing? I'm thinking well at least he's giving them jobs, and senior ones, which is better than not giving them jobs at all. Crumbs from the table, no less.