Why are the mainstream media all to often disingenuous when it comes to 'social justice' issues?

[Domi]

As the OP points out, they must know that this "gap" is caused by the recruitment effort

Like the OP you state these 2 points as "fact" and I simply do not agree with that assessment.

I have already stated why I think this in this thread.

 

[MikeTheNative]

That doesn't even take into account the situation which (seems to) arise when men and women live together and have shared finances.

All my colleagues/friends very much give the impression of having accepted a situation where the wife controls the finances and decides what can and can't be bought. The husband has to ask nicely to get something he wants. Meanwhile they are often moaning how the wife has gone shopping and come home with an (expensive) this, that or the other.

This feminism gig is engineering a society where men (seem to be) in thrall to the women in their lives.

Focusing so narrowly on earnings potential is probably ignoring the wider social context, where women are increasingly in control not only of their own destinies, but of the destinies of the men they "control".

I would tell those men to grown up and start taking a bit or responsibility with their finances. On the other hand I know men who refuse to do any housework or cooking despite not working anymore hours than the female in the relationship so it's swings and roundabout really. As for the topic at hand it's combination of poor journalism and not reading the whole of the report and wanting click baity headlines and articles to sell. I still think they miss the point of 'gender pay gap' It's not that women are paid less for the same job but women are less likely to get into the higher paying jobs. (on the whole, I'm sure there is some cases where it is discrimination) So they should encourage women to get into stem subjects and higher employment to get the gap down.

 

[MikeTheNative]

You had me at 'mainstream media'.

It's one of those phrases that does make sense in theory but is often followed with 'that's why I only trust breitbart and fox news'

 

[explicit4u]

That doesn't even take into account the situation which (seems to) arise when men and women live together and have shared finances.

All my colleagues/friends very much give the impression of having accepted a situation where the wife controls the finances and decides what can and can't be bought. The husband has to ask nicely to get something he wants. Meanwhile they are often moaning how the wife has gone shopping and come home with an (expensive) this, that or the other.

This feminism gig is engineering a society where men (seem to be) in thrall to the women in their lives.

Focusing so narrowly on earnings potential is probably ignoring the wider social context, where women are increasingly in control not only of their own destinies, but of the destinies of the men they "control".

Anecdotally I've never heard of an actual relationship like this and linking it to feminism is pretty bizarre.

Unless you're one of those people who think feminism is trying to achieve female superiority.

 

[FoxEye]

Unless you're one of those people who think feminism is trying to achieve female superiority.

I question the word "superiority" and suggest you replace it with "an environment that favours women over men" instead.

 

[dowie]

CNN covering the story:

http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/03/news/economy/gender-pay-gap-deadline-uk/index.html

firstly:

Under the rules, companies have to disclose the percentage of women in different pay bands and the general trend is clear: most companies have higher proportion of men in top paid roles, while women tend to dominate the lowest tier.

Experts say having fewer women in senior positions is a big part of the problem.

they haven't actually demonstrated there is a problem, if most of the gap can be explained by women's choices then there isn't much of a 'problem' in the first place

this bit is illuminating:

The new data also revealed some success stories. Among major global companies, Unilever(UL), Toyota (TM), Mars and BP (BP) reported that women in specific divisions were paid more than their male colleagues.

why is paying women more considered a 'success'? Surely it should be equality they're seeking - lets assume that the pay gap is just due to discrimination and not career and family choices then surely those companies where there is a negligible gap in either direction should be the 'successes' not those where women earn more... that's just the same 'problem' but in reverse no?

In reality I'd not be surprised if there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for most of the gap in cases where women earn more just as there often is in cases where men earn more... for example some large bike shop with mostly male floor staff has a reasonably well explained pay gap if most of its female staff work in professional roles in the HQ.