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by krolden 1227 days ago
"They" in this context are the people who benefit from an increased labor pool (capitalists, who want lower wages for everyone) and those who thought it was done for their benefit.

>This is not true when comparing the price of the same labor offered by a man or woman.

Okay, maybe not HALF, but you can't argue with the gender wage gap. Men make ~20% more than women.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/data/occupations

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> Men make ~20% more than women.

This is so disingenuous it really shouldn't be repeated. The pay gap within the same job is miniscule. Men and women make different career choices. There's just no accounting for the lack of women applying for high-paying positions as roughnecks.

Well the numbers are coming from the dept of labor so idk what you're talking about.
what are the numbers within the same role?