You know college could teach that the pay gap statistic is not about just flat being paid less for same work same experience. But they usually don't. They gloss over that factoid and don't test on it.
None of the 20-something catch it. It's not real. Not your actually going to be paid 20% less when your hired next to johnny or in 5 years....not unless you take time off work to have kids -- the real reason behind a huge portion of the pay gap.
As far as men being paid more because they take higher paying jobs....very rarely is this about being biased against women these days. Maybe some of those blue collar union jobs and Military.*
They could teach that 1/4 college girls are probably not raped...but would rather keep the shit going. Just try -- as a good little girl feminist -- questioning that statistic sometime in class and see how the room reacts. You would have better luck debating theology with a priest. They literally just wont talk about it. Can't do it -- that's sexist.
It's like these statistical malpractice cases are why people hate feminism -- and they just keep spouting it out. Like it's on purpose.
*Edit: This has more to do with stuff like girls not being encouraged to computer program as much as boys in school. Little things like that have a big impact with computer programers make way more money than people with a similar level of trianing in another area. Not a lot of talk about chicks doing math though. Sore subject because most don't want to (I blame culture not nature).
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