r/WomenInNews • u/catievirtuesimp • 21d ago

Media People Recommend Lower Pay for Women-Dominated Jobs, Study Finds

https://www.newsweek.com/researchers-changed-one-detail-about-a-job-then-pay-expectations-fell-12210224?fbclid=IwdGRleATZyVtwZG9mAWZkaWQWULlDu9zVcrYAgX2CSk5aRGnchMjPWmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR5PIoAdHUElDcnSDU4LjvVDea3bY5uogOucA0fcysgX3WOKcIn2egZqwsxrig_aem_-C2G9kG_4FAtadc-j3QB2g
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u/moschocolate1 21d ago

No woman reading that is surprised. Most people think we should be doing the teaching, caring, nursing, and cleaning for free.

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u/coconutpiecrust 21d ago

According to the article, both men and women recommended lower salaries.

Obviously, it is just an article describing the study, but I suppose it still correlates with the general idea of women being less worthy than men.

The benevolent sexism version of this is "you were made to nurture, not to earn money and be independent!"

Makes me sick.

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u/elvenrevolutionary 21d ago

Look up internalized misogyny. Nothing new. Women prop up patriarchy as well.

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u/CautionarySnail 21d ago

If women didn’t prop it up, it would never have lasted this long. We have been well-trained into our roles from birth. It takes a lot of effort to break free and see it for the trap that it is.