Tim Worstall

It is all obvious or trivial except…

 

 

Well, Quite

April 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Vicki Woods:

I can’t ever read another survey about that other great curse of modern women, which is widely misrepresented. The fact that women have both a) a gender pay gap and b) babies annoys a great swathe of right-thinking women (if "right" is the word, which it probably isn’t) who cannot or will not do the sum that proves that a) is a direct consequence of b).

It’s a maternity pay gap, not a gender pay gap, and the figure-fiddling about part-time and full-time work is unfair: many women embrace part-time work and would hate to be full-time.

You may or may not have noted that argument being made around here from time to time.

Tags: Feminism

2 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Will Blake // Apr 26, 2008 at 11:16 am

    So, did Vicki give you the idea?

    Tim adds: Well, nooo….but I know she reads this blog (Hi Vicki! No, I don’t think the idea came from here…)

  • 2 Will Rhodes // Apr 27, 2008 at 2:47 am

    You may or may not have noted that argument being made around here from time to time.

    And a very apt argument each time!

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