Something I've thought about several times
So... I have heard many times in the past that women don't make as much as a man. Something I've read in the past has made me think about this and want to cross exam the issue.
Before I start I'll provide my sources:
http://www.womensmedia.com/new/Lips-Hilary-gender-wage-gap.shtml
http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/standing.html
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/769229.html
http://www.halls.md/chart/men-height-w.htm
http://www.halls.md/chart/women-height-w.htm
Since this is not being submitted to a pear-reviewed journal I will not screen my sources as if it were. We just say they are ball-park figures. They certainly seem reasonable at first glance.
Ms. Lips in the women's media article shows data that women make approximately 70 % of what men make. This will be roughly average considering I didn't calculate the average. The apa.org site states that there is a significant difference in the amount of money people earn per difference in height. Taking the average height for men and women (white; happened to be the first link on the page) there is a difference of 5.2 inches. Taking the statistic cited in the apa.org article of $789 per inch that amounts to a difference of $4102 per year on the basis of height alone (assuming the height article controlled for levels of education, ethnicity, etc. in the height study).
Now taking the facts from the 2005 census: Median income -- $24,325 Mean income -- $35,499 it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that $4102 on the basis of height is more than 10 % of both the median and mean salary/pay for the year 2005.
Looking at this purely speculatively and not seeking to publish this as excellent, peer-reviewed content, it's pretty easy to see that height may actually account for 10 % or more of the 25 % that Ms. Lips study cites. The remaining 15 % probably is significantly made up of gender biases but lets not forget that in terms of having equal access to jobs, women haven't been in the workplace all that long. It may take time for thousands of years of social evolution to be corrected.
My main point in typing this up is that I get irritated when femnazis get all fussy hurt about women making less but I quote the difference in height study and they don't believe it. So this is a little attempt to enlighten whoever might come across my blog that gender is not the only reason for differences in salary between men and women.
Before I start I'll provide my sources:
http://www.womensmedia.com/new/Lips-Hilary-gender-wage-gap.shtml
http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/standing.html
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/769229.html
http://www.halls.md/chart/men-height-w.htm
http://www.halls.md/chart/women-height-w.htm
Since this is not being submitted to a pear-reviewed journal I will not screen my sources as if it were. We just say they are ball-park figures. They certainly seem reasonable at first glance.
Ms. Lips in the women's media article shows data that women make approximately 70 % of what men make. This will be roughly average considering I didn't calculate the average. The apa.org site states that there is a significant difference in the amount of money people earn per difference in height. Taking the average height for men and women (white; happened to be the first link on the page) there is a difference of 5.2 inches. Taking the statistic cited in the apa.org article of $789 per inch that amounts to a difference of $4102 per year on the basis of height alone (assuming the height article controlled for levels of education, ethnicity, etc. in the height study).
Now taking the facts from the 2005 census: Median income -- $24,325 Mean income -- $35,499 it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that $4102 on the basis of height is more than 10 % of both the median and mean salary/pay for the year 2005.
Looking at this purely speculatively and not seeking to publish this as excellent, peer-reviewed content, it's pretty easy to see that height may actually account for 10 % or more of the 25 % that Ms. Lips study cites. The remaining 15 % probably is significantly made up of gender biases but lets not forget that in terms of having equal access to jobs, women haven't been in the workplace all that long. It may take time for thousands of years of social evolution to be corrected.
My main point in typing this up is that I get irritated when femnazis get all fussy hurt about women making less but I quote the difference in height study and they don't believe it. So this is a little attempt to enlighten whoever might come across my blog that gender is not the only reason for differences in salary between men and women.
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