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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So if i take a job in Hyperbaric welding and you choose daycare teacher or nurse, you believe that deserves the same pay rate?
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Because I said that working with children & sick people is quite demanding & stressful? No, this is a simple observation.
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I think it likely that more women are able to handle the stress of children & sick people & still find the work rewarding than men.
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Whereas more men might have the patience to work out the cause of a tech problem whilst I'd be inclined to throw it out the window.
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My question was do you believe a woman who chooses nursing or teaching children deserves the same pay as someone who does Hyperbaric welding
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I don't know how to compare those in terms of qualification & demandingness & do not have an opinion on what jobs should pay what.
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If women choose different jobs that earn them less money what does stress have to do with anything
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It was you who made the claim about stress that I disagreed with. I think I'll leave it here.
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I may have misunderstood your comment at 1st it sounded like you were saying because the stress is different doesn't mean the pay should b
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No. I have no agenda here. I do not think the pay gap indicates that women are discriminated against & neither do economists.
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Ah then i believe i have the blame for this thread, misunderstanding on my behalf i apologize
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No worries!
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