[Womoz] [womensenews] IT Jobs Offer Growth, But Women Are Bailing Out

[Tiffney Mortensen]

>>I might be totally wrong, but I don't see how men, unlike women, would
>>ask more money just because they are men.

I think culturally women are conditioned to refrain from asking for anything, being seen as natural "givers" and "nurturers." Even in societies where gender equality seems more or less obvious, women can be less likely to make demands that may be perceived as confrontational. I'd need to dig up the studies I'm thinking of to back it up, but men in general are more likely to object to being mistreated and more likely to ask for more than what they are offered.

Tiffney


----- Original Message -----
From: "theo" <theocrite at theocrite.org>
To: womoz at lists.womoz.org
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 3:38:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Womoz] [womensenews] IT Jobs Offer Growth, But Women Are Bailing Out

On 29/06/2010 00:05, Majken Connor wrote:
>
> Oh and comment #1 on the article is very interesting as well. Just noticed
> it now.

It's a worthwhile comment indeed. I didn't notice it before either.

  But I think there is something missing.

Let's assume that X men an X women, with virtually the same skills,
applied for the same job(s). According to the comment, women would ask
less money. So, all women would get hired.

But it seems that there still is very few women working for these jobs.


So, I guess, there is probably something else.

If women accept lower wages, maybe it's because they would get more
jobs refusals or something else.


I might be totally wrong, but I don't see how men, unlike women, would
ask more money just because they are men.

-- 
freely yours,
theo
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