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Originally Posted by mickmoranis
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one of the things people dont tell you about when it comes to equality is that men will spend 30% of their paycheck on their spouse and women will spend 10% so the pay gap is necessary (even though it is a myth and doesn't exist)
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Part of the financial inequality has to do with expectations of professionalism, too.
My wife has to spend an hour putting on makeup and doing her hair, and spend about $100-150 a month on products that work to do so, or *everyone will ask her all day if she's ok* and she's *not* automatically considered "professional" enough to be the manager she is. People's opinion of her looks, both men and women, strongly affects her career options. Strangers feel comfortable telling her what they think of her makeup or not makeup, because everyone still assumes that a woman's looks are for everyone.
Meanwhile I got promoted to manager wearing goodwill sweaters and five-year-old combat boots. All I have to do is shave and use shampoo.