[leereeves]

And you think the "patriarchy" is paying women as little as possible, but not men?

I think the people who make such decisions pay everyone as little as possible.

[mbrock]

So then we're talking about the gender dynamics of negotiation.

http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/lean-out-th...

[leereeves]

On an individual level, perhaps, but how would individual negotiations explain the difference in pay between whole professions (where most of the pay gap is)?

[mbrock]

It's not really that individual negotiations explain the larger differences. It's more that the problems with individual negotiations are symptomatic of the deeper gender issues.

[leereeves]

That's rather vague and "shadowy".

[mbrock]

It's a huge topic. Read a book.

[leereeves]

I was just jokingly returning the "shadowy" allegation back over the net.