So the "wage gap" and how it came to exist depends on who you listen to. From the conservative standpoint (which is what PragerU is) women are making life choices such as taking large chunks of time off to have children or to take care of ailing family. This means the "wage gap" isn't evil, its women making life choices because they are free to do so. Of course, you could call it patriarchy that expects women to be the primary caregivers, but that's a tangent. Men, statistically speaking, do not take large chunks of time off. My opinion: If you really want to solve a wage gap in the most logical way possible, then make it mandatory for employers to make public what they pay for each position. That way if there is a disparity based on sex, it becomes readily apparent.

Everything I have ever seen on PragerU is nothing more than right wing propaganda with no regard to unbiased, fact based reporting on social issues. It exists to advance a reactionary agenda.

Okay, let's look at a female-dominated field, nursing: Men still make more than women. Male RNs make about $7000 more, despite having less education and fewer certifications, than their female counterparts. Men generally earn double for secondary nursing care. They also negotiate more often, more successfully. A year or so ago, I read an article about a woman who underwent transgender surgery and returned to his job afterwards. The author focused on the difference in the way coworkers treated him before and after surgery. Friends told him after the surgery that he needed to be far more assertive in the way he spoke. Not long afterward, he negotiated the biggest salary increase of his career. He was in shock that not only did he ask for the raise but got it without any pushback. Before the surgery he was scared to death he'd lose his job if he asked for that much. I wish I could remember the author's name...

Makes me wonder how that twit Prager can not think there's a gender pay gap. This has been proven, repeatedly. Like, how hard do you have to keep your eyes and ears sealed shut to information to keep your bigoted opinions?

James for President, ( of everything he wants, because he's a good person, not a guy) and Dennis for head stripper ( whatever he can get paid stripping, clothes, furniture, leaves, etc. Because he is an arsehat and looks like every guy executive I've ever worked for, or applied for work to, and saw him pass over a woman with better quality experience and stats because some guy who LOOKED like Alex Trebek walked in and shook his hand.) No disrespect to either the late Alex Trebek, or Trebekkies, which I am also.

The Gender pay gap is also worsened due to limits on progression opportunities. Women are even in 2021 more likely to take career breaks or work part time due to child care. This means women are often working significantly more junior roles compared to men when they reach middle-age. In the UK's biggest 500 companies, there are more CEO's called Steve then there are women CEO's combined!

PragerU is garbage. Dennis couches his point in the typical false narrative that implies that it is unassailable. Wrong Dennis, you are the problem. Pretending like it doesn't exist IS the problem.

He is absolutely correct. I had a job where I was the head of an all make crew so when I made them do their job I was pushy, bitchy, and was called a dyke even tho I am completely straight ( very LGBT friendly as long as the person I interact with isn't a d**k) guys who act this way are seen as doing the job because they aren't taking any crap and they are being proactive and motivational. So about 16 months ago I am out working and have 2 people in the most senior spots under watching for our customers and the we're running their mouths and not doing their jobs so because I am over them even tho I Am working I get in trouble and demoted 4 pay grades. The person who was next in line got a shift preference they wanted the 2 Nd guy got a promotion after they posted my prior job and because no where else pays what o make there and because I have 28 years into my pension I took the lower job and the 10$ an hour pay cut. Even worst part is this is a union shop

I was going to comment but, for some reason I am unable to type long paragraphs like others on this post. So, basically I think this is a very complicated and situational topic that requires more specific answers.

i am just commenting on how i absolutely love how James is wearing a chain and a swirly ring as well as his nails are painted i think its awesome

Lol, this guy is an economic illiterate. His "degree" is an undergrad degree, essentially nothing more than advanced high school in today's educational climate. And yes, the Gender Wage Gap IS a myth. Once you account for the vast disparity in hours worked per week and days worked per year, plus choice factors like college major choice, the gap shrinks to less than 3 cents on the dollar. His other videos, especially the one on minimum wage, just prove his abject ignorance of economics and that he has obviously not done any real research or statistical analysis. He's a joke.

What I've seen all my life is that ethnicity matters more than gender. Australia is the perfect example. Australia has a lot of internationals who come to study or work temporarily. To come to Australia you have to do a crime check and be healthy, have insurance prepared etc. That puts internationals on a fairly even ground. The worst jobs are food deliveries, car washes, cleaners etc. and undeclared work that can pay below legal minimum wages. It's almost exclusively brown/people of color who have the WORST jobs. I know this because I see this with my own eyes every day when I deliver food. My colleges are Indian, east Asian and other people who or not blond or blue eyed. The unsafe and low payed jobs are for brown people and the reason it's not talked about is probably because the people who have the influence to complain are white. Being a white woman means you have it a lot easier than the average person of color. Men of color are at the bottom of the food chain in the west.

So, how many women has this rude asshole with a degree in economics (probably awarded by berkeley or some other such leftist university) has hired himself? And let's remember that Bored Panda pays translators $0.02 dollars per word for the translations of their articles which they use to earn THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. Paying everyone peanuts as if they ran a sweatshop is the REAL WAY to fight wage disparities ;)

I am not saying that wage gap does not exists. I just think that the first argument is wrong. When we discuss the wage gap here, the condition is: "For the exact same work, at same location, same length and with same performance / results." In that case the wage should be same for man and woman. The first argument is about customer bias. If customer's satisfaction is higher when working with man than woman, than we no longer have the same performance / results. Isn't that a reason that justifies a difference in wages for this case? Lets reverse it. If women and men receive in such situation same wage, but the performance of man is higher, it would mean that employer is discriminating men, wouldn't it?