I think many people missed the point of her Oscar speech…
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heyuactor — 10 years ago(November 25, 2015 09:44 AM)
Yes but it must be hard to resist, considering the huge audience. But I agree they should resist the temptation.
BTW in your last line it says 'think-you.' Is that correct as to what Paddy remarked or did you mean 'thank-you'?
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straw_hat_boy_luffy — 10 years ago(January 18, 2016 06:34 AM)
What if they don't do the same work? The same title doesn't mean the same work. Where I work, all of us with the same title are paid the same even though the men are required to do heavy lifting and the women are not.
Even the actors argument doesn't work. Number of movies doesn't dictate pay. Even among men, one well paying movie can net more than several others put together. The entire pay gap argument is based on skewed numbers and cherry picked examples. Look, businesses are greedy. Why would they pay to hire men when they could just hire all women cheaper? I have never once heard this really answered in any satisfactory way. We are just expected to swallow this narrative based on faulty comparisons. We have equality. The problem is that equality never looks as good as you romanticize it because the other person's grass is always greener. -
goerge12344 — 10 years ago(February 23, 2016 02:24 PM)
"Why would they pay to hire men when they could just hire all women cheaper? I have never once heard this really answered in 5b4any satisfactory way"
because the assumption is that women are actually worth less as employees.
it follows that 1 woman is less productive than 1 man.
it follows that a workforce of 10 women cannot match the output of 10 men.
it follows that you would have to hire 11+ women to match the output of 10 men.
therefore, it isnt cheaperyou pay less precisely because you get less.
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holyabdul — 10 years ago(February 06, 2016 07:06 AM)
If you have been out on the social scene, you know that men foot the bill the vast majority of time. So why is that ok for feminists? Men have higher expenses and are expected to pay for family, so it makes sense that they make a little more.