To talk about gender pay gap?

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My DD (12) is having a debate after Easter and she has to argue the motion "the world is biased towards men"

Discussing things with her got me interested and I just listened to a podcast about gender pay gap in Uber drivers. as per this women uber drivers earn less than men because they do less unsocial hours etc

The talk implied women want more flexible working/ less pressure etc than men

So should women get paid the same if they CHOOSE a different lifestyle

This is outside having time off for having a baby. It is difficult because some women are not able to breastfeed and are not able to pump so there will be discrimination between women if this was allowed to happen

However if an employee has a year off each time they have a baby, is it right they get paid the same as the male counterpart? This I am not so sure

I know this is in AIBU for traffic but would love to start a discussion on this topic as I think I have a lot to learn

@NiceGerbil

I especially agree with the posters who consider maternity leave to be a break/ holiday.

Why should women expect to be paid FFS?

In USA in some companies I believe it's funded by saving holiday and saving money. (May be out of date, let's hope they haven't changed this sensible approach).

We should do that.

Having children is a lifestyle choice that women make. Expecting to benefit from it financially shows up the privilege women get in society.

Men don't have the luxury of choosing to get pregnant. It's totally sexist.

Aaannnnd you show up again!

Exactly when did women have a choice between getting pregnant and getting thief husbands/partners pregnant FFS?

Honestly, read the room. Or at least the rest of the thread.

[quote NiceGerbil]Why would it turn off promising girls? It's fine in tennis etc, the having separate sex stuff.

Anyway my other point with this is that chess at a world level really isn't friendly to women. I read this a couple years back it was in the news at the time.

Saudi
www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/12/28/chess-champion-refuses-to-defend-titles-in-saudi-arabia-to-protest-treatment-of-women/

And came across this as well had forgotten
Iran
www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-37559853[/quote]
It would turn off girls for the reasons you mentioned. Nice summary of it

Used up ta

That Saudi thing just fucked me right off tbh.

The most recent [2019] Cost of a Child report from Child Poverty Action Group reveals that the basic cost of raising a child until the age of 18 (including childcare and extra housing costs) is £155,582 for a couple.
This doesn't take into account the reduced earnings and pensions for a woman in comparison to a man (which is largely due to maternity and childcare). If these lifetime reductions are added to the above then it is quite shocking to realise that the cost of your first child could be £300,000 over your lifetime.