• Seleni@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It isn’t just that. Any job seen as a ‘woman’s job’ is going to pay less. And it isn’t just for the ‘traditional’ women’s jobs, like grade school teacher or secretary. If women enter a field in significant numbers, then wages overall will fall. See veterinary work for one example.

    Pisses me the fuck off.

    • Smk@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      Women are still seen like a child trying to help. It’s ridiculous. I don’t think it’s like that all the time, but education does seem like it. It does feel like taking care of children is not a real job because “anyone can do it” (they can’t).