Second Article
Both articles (linked above) suggest that the wage gap could be due to employee behavior. They suggest women tend to negotiate less aggressively, hence being less inclined to ask for a raise. Both also suggest that on average women work fewer hours than men. In addition to being more likely to seek part-time work, women are also more likely to have gaps in their employment history and to enter lower-paying fields. The one article particularly speaking about doctors found that the female doctors tended to be in lower-paying specialties, have fewer publications, hold fewer administrative leadership positions.
The first article I read suggested that the pay gap is exaggerated, and not actually present, and is attributable to the choices made by women concerning the amount of time and energy they devote to a career because there is no gender gap in wages among men and women with similar family roles. While the other one suggested that the gap is still very much present and that when they ran the numbers taking into account differences in specialties, the average salary for women still feel behind that of their male colleagues. I find it interesting that the first article was written by a man and the second was written by a woman. The first article excuses the proposed wage gap, as it does not harm men, while the second expresses concerns toward the causes and continuation of the wage gap. I think to improve the wage gap it is important for women to be ambitious. All of the facts that suggest a wage gap is not real but merely a result of a woman’s lifestyle choice, can also support woman deviating the wage gap. If more were to make choices concerning their occupation similar to the choices males are making that are increasing their wages, woman will be able to close the gap.
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