Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh.
I think biology "informed" the social conditioning too but not in a good or correct way ie women are weaker and less than men so therefore should be the carers etc
|
I agree
ISH but why is it the case that people who choose caring professions are "weaker and less"... that perception seems like part of the problem, really.
A major part of the pay issue, whether the differences in interest are biological or not, is that caring / social professions are HUGELY under-valued and under-paid whereas the "big money" often lies in more ruthless / capitalism driven professions. I think people get a little hung up on the idea that "mo' money = doing better" ... I don't think women (or anyone else) should necessarily "aspire" to the high-paying jobs that are not actually morally aspirational
at all and that would be a very strange path for society to go down. "Hey ladies! You get paid less than men... so what we really want is for more women to go into nasty cut-throat industries that **** over the world for profit. Why? Because you'll earn big bucks and decrease the pay divide!"