Talk:GRSJ224/Gender Wage Gap Myth Or Fact

Hello! I found your wiki page on the gender pay gap to be very interesting and informative. An additional component that I thought would be of interest to consider is the maternity leave males can take. It is evident in both the public and private sector that men can opt to take maternity leave so that the burden of missing work may not always fall upon the woman. However, due to maternity leave, men would possibly lose pay, experience, as well as gaining seniority in their company or position. I think it would be interesting to note how the aspect of maternity leave plays a role in the pay gap between men and women.

- Nancy Andrews

I really enjoyed reading your wiki page! I found your clear description of statistical biases particularly helpful. In terms of intersectionality, you might want to include a section that explores which women experience the largest gaps. Is race, sexual orientation etc. an issue for wages? I also caught a couple errors that should be edited:

The last sentence in your introduction: “and to objectively analyze the statistics without personal.” (… personal.. bias?)

Also in Choices of Occupation, second to last sentence: “Women still a minority in natural science…” (Women *are* still..)

Looking forward to reading the final version!

I think this is going to be a really intriguing article and I am excited to read the finished piece. I like that you are taking an objective approach to analyzing the facts of the argument, I think so often people get caught up in the politics and the emotions of topics like this, and it is important to analyze this information without that. I also think that your “choices of occupation” and “motherhood and its financial setbacks” are very important issues to address. Might you consider looking into not just the area of occupation, but perhaps full vs. part time? I know that this is something that motherhood often leads to, due to the requirements of childcare. Additionally, I know that a growing trend and something that would be interesting to incorporate is paternity leave for fathers with new children. Overall it looks like you have a great layout and some great points to be made, cant wait to read the final copy!

This looks like it is well organized and you are set up to get your point across. I think it would definitely be important to look into wage-gaps in different countries or regions of the world, since obviously there is no one answer. I also think it would be useful to elaborate on why the gap exists and explore the different factors that can contribute to the gap such as sociocultural factors, ethnic backgrounds, religion, education levels and may more. This is a great topic and is of much concern in a lot of societies so I think it was a great choice.

I think you've chosen a really interesting topic, and one that has been such a heavy talking point for so many years now (for good reason!). Its great that you've delved into the potential issues in the statistics that most people cite, as they probably do so without understanding where they are drawn from.

If you're looking for more concrete examples, consider having a look at the law suit brought fourth by five women of the US women's soccer team against the U.S. Soccer Federation. Though the women's team consistently out performs the men, the men's team makes more. There are some interesting tidbits in there (such as how the federation pays the men a bonus simply for playing in friendly games, but only pays the women a bonus if they win a friendly match). This could be an arena in which you can see pay disparity for not only the same job, but a job in which the women have been outperforming the men, but still making less. I look forward to reading what you come up with!

I did my animation project on a similar topic and think it would be great if you could add some information about how the gender wage gap differs in different countries. It would provide a broader outlook to the gender wage gap. It would be interesting to see how much the wage gap you have in your article will significantly differ.

Hi! I always find this topic very engaging! One thing that I think you should consider is the occupation discrepancy in the statistics. One thing I noticed within the statistics that address gender wage gaps is that they tended to compare males and females who had different occupations (ie. a female doctor cannot be compared to a male Librarian). I think it would be interesting to see delve into how media present the data about gender wage gaps as well.

I think you’re off to a great start with your wiki page! Some of my video animation project actually surrounded this issue. I think that it is important to add in the concepts of childcare in a section of the page. From my research, I found that women were unable to take part in these jobs especially if they were single mothers due to the price of child care and hegemonic views of needing to stay home with children. Other terms that would be really helpful to add and explore are the motherhood penalty and the glass ceiling problem!