Gender pay gap: NZ women now effectively working for free until end of year (www.1news.co.nz)

submitted 3 weeks ago by BruceAlrighty@lemmy.nz to c/world@quokk.au

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As of today, New Zealand women are effectively working for free until the end of the year because of the 8.2% gender pay gap.

Based on that gap, the average Kiwi woman is paid 336 days for the equivalent of 366 days for men, according to the Ministry for Women.

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[-] atro_city@fedia.io 46 points 3 weeks ago

The way they calculate it is so simplistic...

Pay for males – Pay for females  
___________________________________   x 100
            Pay for males

It doesn't take into account what kind of job the person is doing, where they are working, in which industry, work experience, etc. Just median hourly pay across everything with no nuance.

It's like comparing a newbie and a senior by median pay and claiming they should be paid the same because they are human.

[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 2 points 3 weeks ago

Do you even know how big a number they are dealing with? If the assumpion of equal capability is valid (and it's a SMALL if), you should always get a much smaller gap.

[-] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

There are lots of reasons the gap might exist that have nothing to do with capability

[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it -2 points 3 weeks ago

In a merocratycal just society? I don't think there should be.

[-] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, if we thought there really were no biological differences in what men and women want to do, then yeah there wouldn't be any gap. That's the tricky thing with the wage gap, right? I think there plausibly is some difference, but it's likely exaggerated by patriarchy.