[antimagic]

No, it really hasn't. You're suggesting that women actively seek out lower-paid, lower-status work. Just the other day there was an article on HN talking about a guy that was getting job applications rejected until he clarified his gender on his CV.

If you're a woman that runs into this discrimination, your only choices are to lower your standards for a job, and accept one that is lower paying, or to not work at all. All of a sudden the argument that women doing the same job get the same pay seems rather weak, because it's far from clear that women have the same opportunity to get the same job in the first place. All of a sudden, the lower remuneration of women is once again caused by discrimination, just not salary discrimination.

[camelite]

The guy had put "married with kids" in a prominent location to imply a stable life and dependability. Now if you're trying to guess why a woman would do the same, you might think to yourself, 'well she must know this doesn't help her chances, but she's put it there anyway... ' - which spoils the experiment in terms what you can claim the results are indicative of.

[papsosouid]

>You're suggesting that women actively seek out lower-paid, lower-status work.

All available evidence supports that notion. Women are more likely to value other things more than they value financial motives. I am also not suggesting that is the sole cause. Women work fewer hours on average, they avoid dangerous jobs, jobs with long and/or odd hours, and they are more likely to take time off which leads to them having on average less experience.

>If you're a woman that runs into this discrimination, your only choices are to lower your standards for a job, and accept one that is lower paying, or to not work at all.

Or to do the same thing the author did and put "Ms." on your resume if your name is ambiguous.

>because it's far from clear that women have the same opportunity to get the same job in the first place.

Hiring rates don't support your hypothesis.

[jami]

"All available evidence supports that notion."

Your citations for your assertions that feminists are liars and women like to be paid less are awfully thin.

[papsosouid]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=do+women+choose+lower+paying+jobs

[jami]

Whoops, I thought Hacker News' standards were generally higher than "whatever Google barfs up when I type in my prejudiced view point." But you're the one with the karma here.