Citizen Kate ☠️ @citizenkate.bsky.social

I’d love to see a chart of pay rates across these fields when male dominated vs when female dominated. (Or hate to, I mean)

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Nevin Flanagan @nevindoesdesigning.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:33 UTC

It’s a huge issue with the bro claims that the gender gap is due to women trending towards lower-paying professions; as women move into a profession, its average pay goes down.

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Barbara Roseman @broseman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:24 UTC

You can observe the inverse of this in the 20th century when women begin to become the majority in a field, it becomes less lucrative and prestigious. Examples include doctors (pediatrics first), lawyers, college professors, and med techs. The de-valuing of the field matches closely with % female.

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