Darrin Grella – Interview Guru

The reason women generally get paid less than men in the workforce may have (a little) less to do with discrimination and (a little) more to do with the fields we choose to pursue.

Think about it. It’s pretty common knowledge that writers don’t get paid very much. The median salary of someone who majored in English is $51,996.98. When you cross-reference data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Digest of Educational Statistics, you see that English is a predominantly female-dominated major with a ratio is 32 men to 68 women. Meanwhile, everyone knows that aviators are loaded–$123,228.48 loaded. Aviation is a male-dominated field with 88 men to 12 women.

Arguably, it may be historical discrimination…[click here to read full article] (post by Maria Rainer)