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Gender pay gap: There is only one country in Europe that pays women more than men (www.euronews.com)

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Estonia had the highest gender pay gap at 21.3 per cent, followed by Austria (18.4 per cent), Switzerland and Czechia (both 17.9 per cent).

Luxembourg (-0.7 per cent) was the only country with a negative figure, meaning women earned slightly more than men.

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[+] PostingInPublic -7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pure sexism, institutionalized and probably very personal as well. This is making me super angry, I think it's truly a shame for the nation. The historical data makes me even angrier, seeing how we improved substantially only to still end up with such a high pay gap.

Mädels, macht mal ne Revolution! Ich unterstütze Euch!

[–] Passerby6497 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You should be super angry at being tricked by bad data and reported in such a way as to make you unreasonably angry for reasons that are based on feelings instead of facts:

Unadjusted gender pay gap is a significant indicator, showing the difference between the average gross hourly earnings of men and women, expressed as a percentage of the average gross hourly earnings of men.

It does not take into account education, age, hours worked or type of job.

The data is bad because a man working 40 hours for minimum wage ($7.25) makes more than a woman working 20 hrs at $12.50 would be included in this report.

Don't fall for ragebait bullshit.

[–] PostingInPublic 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah, that was my first thought as well when I first encountered this problem some time ago, however in Germany

the difference between hourly wages is 18% on average,
the difference in pay for the same work is 6%.

Official government source in German https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2024/01/PD24_027_621.html#:~:text=WIESBADEN%20%E2%80%93%20Frauen%20haben%20im%20Jahr,(25%2C30%20Euro).

And 3) if education, hours worked, age and type of job indeed is the main factor, we should maybe ask ourselves why this is so and if it has to be this way, e. g. why female dominated jobs pay less.

That is some sexist bullshit and if you allow, I'll remain angry.