“Page 154: The presumption that the workforces of all nondiscriminating employers would be sexually balanced—which is the ‘central assumption’ underlying the use of statistics in discrimination cases—is so at variance with reality that one must question a legal system that erects it.” FeminismPay GapGender Pay Gap Book:Biology at Work: Rethinking Sexual Equality Source: Biology at Work: Rethinking Sexual Equality
“There are two things that could survive a nuclear war: cockroaches and the myth of the gender pay gap. … young women who don’t have kids are outearning their male peers. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, unmarried, childless females under age 30 who live in cities earn 8 percent more than their male peers in 147 of 150 U.S. cities. In Atlanta and Memphis, the figure is approximately 20 percent more, while young women in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Diego make 17 percent, 12 percent, and 15 percent more, respectively. Besides, even if men and women do earn different sums, statistical disparity doesn’t always mean discrimination—sometimes they are the reward for life choices, which is fair. This is good news, unless you crave victimhood.” Gender Pay Gap Book:Don’t Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason Source: Don’t Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason