Reasons Why Men Earn More Than Women

The modern world pleases us with progress and innovations, and humanity strives for self-improvement and development of everything around. New professions appear, old ones are modernized, people stubbornly go to financial independence. In absolutely all spheres of life, new opportunities and prospects are created for every person. But if society is progressing and almost equal, then why do men still earn more than women?

The content of the article

• 1 Discrimination as a wall between a person and big money
• 2 Is it worth it to devalue your work?
• 3 Stimulus - as the main motivator on the way to the golden mountains

Discrimination as a wall between a person and big moneyi

The first aspect that affects the level of financial condition between men and women is open or indirect discrimination against the latter. Yes, the fair sex have proved and continue to prove that they can show themselves just as well, and somewhere even better, in virtually all professional fields, but, unfortunately, the dogma historically established in the minds of people that the main "earner" in the family - a man, does not allow them to be fully realized. They are rarely allowed into politics, they hardly get into business, it is hard for them to get into, for example, Aeroflot.

Since ancient times, a man is a strong defender, able to feed his family with a hunt, and a woman is a keeper of the hearth, cleaning, cooking and pleasing. Over the centuries, women have been "depreciated" and, unfortunately, they were not allowed further than the family economy.

From century to century, this trend persisted, accompanied by the accompanying misconception that girls are a priori "stupid creatures." Therefore, it is not surprising that even at the present time people are not fully aware of the fact that the level of intelligence and various abilities does not depend on the sex of a person. In society, the belief that a man is smarter than a woman has long been rooted (and the latter are inclined towards this), although scientists have repeatedly proved that this is not true.

That is why the average employer, when considering two candidates with absolutely identical skills, differing only by the ticked in the "m" or "w" box, will predominantly give preference to a resume marked with the letter "m".

This is argued by the fact that "m" is less prone to emotional interruptions, more assiduous and hardy, and the likelihood that he will say "I am going on maternity leave" tends to zero. So it turns out that their pocket is thicker, because, whatever one may say, the horizon of possibilities is wider. Even in terms of physical performance. Most girls will not submit their resume for hard physical work, even if the work is highly paid, for example, construction, simply because the female body by nature is not adapted to a huge force load.

In this regard, the number of vacancies suitable for women is noticeably decreasing, and therefore the statistics on earnings are clearly not inclined in their favor.

Is it worth devaluing your work? 2

Another problem lies in women themselves and in their prejudiced, imposed attitude towards themselves. Based on the results of anonymous tests, it turns out that many of them still live with the idea "it is better to be a housewife and have everything than to work hard for the good of your business, but be with an empty bag for a long time."

It is also known that representatives of the stronger sex are more likely to negotiate their wages, while women prefer to adapt and "put up" with the wages offered by the future boss. Jobseekers' salary expectations show that young people expect a higher salary than young girls, and the gap is 15-20%, which is quite a lot. It turns out that ladies voluntarily make concessions, to some extent devaluing their work, agreeing to a smaller amount, while gentlemen choose a tougher position in negotiations related to money.

Stimulus - as the main motivator on the way to the golden mountains_8212

Another answer to the question: “Why do men earn more?” Will be their stimulation to this, both from their families and from society as a whole. The opposite sex, on the contrary, in this regard has to deal with constant infringement of rights. Careerists are often not perceived in business as rivals, and those around them are dubious about them. Although moral standards are always cruel, therefore, they oblige a man to have a wide wallet and achieve success regardless of the circumstances, otherwise he may be dubbed a "loser" and he will be unclaimed.

The fair sex also makes high demands on them. After a survey in Moscow, it turned out that for girls and women, working and not working, the minimum amount received by the chosen one per month must be 200 thousand rubles. Otherwise, the respondents called the young man “unpromising” and did not consider him as a potential spouse, referring to the fact that they would not be able to live with dignity on other money.

At the moment, it is considered the norm and standard when representatives of the stronger sex receive many times more than their chosen one. If the opposite happens, then couples meet sidelong glances from others, and sometimes intra-family misunderstandings. Of course, many do not agree with this kind of discrimination and it is worth noting that with each Goth the gap in the monetary level decreases, and there are more partners with changing roles.