Quote Originally Posted by Hitta View Post
The pay gap exists because the employer doesn't feel as though he can rely on married women with children as much as a woman that's unmarried without children. It is common sense as to why this would be the case. Married women with children are going to work less hours. Married women with children are going to be be less consistent employees on average. Salary increases occur with sustainability.
and that right there is discrimination. you don't know when hiring someone how long that person will stay. to make assumptions based upon gender and if that person has kids is discriminatory. really your post is kind of saying that employers find it more convenient to employ men with kids than women with kids. of course this will create a perpetuating cycle. in a couple, the parent earning more money will probably be the one who keeps the consistent f/t job. if it's possible for one of them to work less, the lower earning parent may then spend more time with the kids doing the domestic work. this lower paid parent is usually the mother.

inequality is not justifiable on the basis of what is more convenient according to the status quo. but the status quo often ends up being used in defense of discrimination as though it just isn't possible to run the system in a way that benefits everyone equally, not just those in privileged groups.