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Originally Posted by rubecube
How about the wage and corporate hierarchy discrepancies between men and women?
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I once read a study that showed that women are statistically more likely to accept the first offer in a business negotiation than men are. In other words: suppose a woman is negotiating an employment contract with her future employer, and her employer is prepared to give her $85,000. However, to start the negotiation, he offers her $80,000 and she accepts, leaving $5,000 on the table that she was unaware of. Now, suppose a few months later, a similar position becomes available and this time a man, who is also given the initial offer of $80,000, negotiates his way up to $83,000. From the surface, this would look like gender discrimination, but look a little deeper and it is nothing of the sort.
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Ever notice the massive discrepancies between the amount of male and female elected representatives?
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Is it possible that men are simply more interested in getting involved in politics then women are? You're likely to see more men at a hockey game than women as well, but that doesn't mean that ticket sellers are sexist.