Gender pay gap in modeling

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37456449/top-modelling-agent-says-male-models-suffer-big-pay-gap-compared-to-women

by syntexis • 10 years ago

36 17 10 years ago

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kozikow• 10 years ago

There is no gender difference when the product you are selling is your brain. I don't see a point in pretending there is no difference, where you primary product is your physique.

NoPiece• 10 years ago

There are gender differences in the brain as well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_sex_differen...

Moshe_Silnorin• 10 years ago

These are entirely the result of socialization. Though the body is subject to natural selection and sexual dimorphism, the brain is subject only to the laws of Lysenkoism.

bmmayer1• 10 years ago

But why male models?

f7612sgkas• 10 years ago

Probably because female models have a higher ROI (convert more buyers than male ones).

This would be a rational explanation. Of course the real explanation is misandry!

haney• 10 years ago

I think they were referencing a scene in Zoolander.

cornstalks• 10 years ago

OP is quoting Zoolander.

jshevek3• 10 years ago

- peak physical condition

- can gain entry into the most secure places in the world

- don't think for themselves

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoolander

SilasX• 10 years ago

Why is this flagged? It's a legit source and an interesting topic.

jshevek3• 10 years ago

It is an interesting topic, and it is an important one for keeping perspective on various alleged pay gaps.

Maybe we are only allowed to discuss 'pay gaps' that have direct relevance to the software industry.

notgood• 10 years ago

If you sell tampons to a woman no-one bats an eye, and if you try to sell them to men people will point out the silliness of the idea.

But this simple understanding gets thrown out of the window as soon as jobs are involved. For example males playing football make much more money than their female counterparts; simple logic tell us it's because people like to watch the athletes of top psyche, it's just that they happen to be male thanks to evolutionary predisposition. Males have more strength in the majority muscles in humans and most mammals (only exception is buttocks and upper legs). But no, people likes to immediately assume it's because sexism, a "they against us" mentality where it must be patriarchy or misogyny instead of looking for the most simple explication driven by the market.

And then if you make an average of how much women make and you happen to inclue athletes then this disparity will show up, and people will say stuff live "look women make 77% of what men do, sexism!" Instead of looking at the million variables, conditions of each gender and how they relate to every possible occupation/job field.

Gender pay gap in modeling

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