Originally Posted by DDevil

I often hear that society is sexist and biased against women in regards to how on average men get paid more than women for the work they perform. I am not talking about specific jobs but the average wage of a man compared to a woman.

Well i believe this is justified, women deserve less pay than men on average (not for doing the same jobs) before you all start burning your bra's, my reasoning is that in society there is only a certain number of jobs and of these jobs on average men get much more physically demanding jobs with much greater risks too their health and have to perform more over time whereas women tend to get easier jobs. Another factor is that any woman of child bearing age may need to have maternity pay also.

For it to be women getting paid the same would be blatant sexism.

Originally Posted by Tarheeler

With the added cost a helper, they cannot match the performance, or profit, of a male technician.

Originally Posted by JavaBlack

That is on aggregate.
If a woman is capable of the same amount of utility as the weakest male in the unit, then she is most certainly entitled to the job and the pay.
The determination should be based on performance and not by broad gender assumptions.

Likewise women probably shouldn't be firefighters as lack of strength can actually endanger people... BUT... if the woman is a bodybuilder, stronger than the average male- shouldn't that be an exception?