Sometimes, I really wish I could resort to feminist tactics and accuse men condescending to me of mansplaining and talking over my lived experience.
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If you claim that the only relevant variables in gender earnings statistics is gender and nothing that comes in later than gender is relevant (and so choices are not) you'll have to accept that you cannot use those statistics to claim that the cause is discrimination.
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The conversation essentially ends there. There's no point telling me that I can no longer discuss the wage gap because 'I hope you understand now that statistics are hard' when you have invalidated your own argument for causes at the same time.
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Many people explain statistics and economics to me when needed because these are not areas I am knowledgeable about but those doing so in good faith manage not to be condescending arseholes. It really isn't difficult not to be. I often manage to explain things without being so.
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I'm afraid I told him that I was muting him because he was not saying anything worthwhile but he wasn't to feel bad. Clarity of thought and communication are hard.
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