It says that but it's not that women choose lower stress jobs. Just a different kind of stress. Children & sick people are stressful.
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Maybe 'danger money' contributes slightly to the overall better pay of jobs men are more drawn to but I think it's the other way round.
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Women are drawn more to jobs working with people that they find satisfying & they're less likely to worry about the lower pay.
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So women don't care about money as much is what you're saying?
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Yes. Earning it, anyway. This doesn't increase their social standing & attractiveness to the same extent it does with men.
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It showed men to prioritise raw income whilst women more likely to weigh up other factors like hours, travel, healthcare, flexibility etc.
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I'll check it out for sure
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Untrue and can not equate the two. Nice try though
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What's untrue? That most men do not do dangerous jobs or that the best paid jobs are not dangerous? No need for snark. Having a conversation
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It’s just an unfair generalization. Finding common ground on the debate requires facts not emotional arguments.
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What's an unfair generalisation? What emotional arguments? Do we disagree on the main issue anyway?
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I'm with the economists in this survey & many others. The pay gap is due to men & women having different interests on average and...
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...different priorities to work/life balance. If danger or heaviness of work contributes to this difference, it doesn't seem to be very much
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Fair however as a whole danger remains more consistent in a mans career than typical office and hospitality industry excluding medical
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Yes, it would be fair to say that men do more dangerous jobs & that they get paid more than jobs at same level of qualifications that arent.
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CEO's are not a large part of the population
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No. But most jobs are still not dangerous. I don't think men being compensated for danger is a big factor & the economists do not include it
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Fair to say but a firemen makes more than an elementary school teacher
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Yep, just checked. About £5,000 more a year here. But I still think the danger of jobs has only a slight influence on the difference.
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That does seem like a small amount maybe I'm mistaken thanks for taking the time to look it up
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