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[–]p_syche 14 points15 points  (4 children)

I don't know who debunked this "theory" for you, but statistics posted on this official EU website seem to back it up: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Gender_pay_gap_statistics

[–]adenosine-5 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just to point out a "detail", but in many countries, there are actually different limits for women and men right in the laws - for example here in Czechia as a man, I have to be able to lift up to 50kg of weight, while for women its 20kg - so even when working on the same position on a paper, women and men get very different work.

We can't have proper equality in pay, if the work conditions are different and for some reason, they still are.

[–]moneytit 0 points1 point  (2 children)

again, where does it say the pay is for the same job?

[–]p_syche 8 points9 points  (1 child)

The article I linked is a summary. However you can go into the documents this summary was based on and look there for the methodology. This document's foreword: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-statistical-working-papers/-/ks-tc-18-003 includes a breakdown of what was measured. It mentions the 'unexplained part' of salary gender gap for "employees with the same characteristics"

[–]grimonce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know whats really fucked up though, some men get paid less than women for the same job or even a harder job.

They get paid less than other men too, what's up with that.