A comment I made about the Wall St. Girl on this Time Magazine Tweet turned into a conversation that got horribly skewed and hard hard to follow on the platform. Here is it is in it’s entirety.
‘Fearless Girl’ of Wall Street faces uncertain futurehttps://t.co/WtugJsR9lM
— TIME (@TIME) March 26, 2017
@TIME Stay as a symbol of women and girls gaining more equality during our time. Enough equality to stand fearlessly before a bull.
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
@JoshuaCuellar @TIME HOW DO THEY NOT HAVE THE SAME EQUALITY? AND WTF DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH WALL STREET?
— Ivan The Terrible (@CzarIvanIV) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV @TIME Pay, gender roles, etc. look outside U.S. Wall Street is still heavily male dominated industry. Girl should stay.
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
@JoshuaCuellar Pay? Wtf r u talking about? Maybe if girls started majoring more in STEM & less in gender studies theyd be more successful…?
— Ivan The Terrible (@CzarIvanIV) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV Nursing is a woman dominated industry that pays very well. Health is definitely science related (biology). Girl should stay.
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
Side Comment – Appeals to Authority (no data)
@JoshuaCuellar Pls take note from the incredibly brilliant @CHSommers. She is a REAL feminist & liberal too. I suggest you do some research https://t.co/nTj7n7KvIO
— Ivan The Terrible (@CzarIvanIV) March 26, 2017
Want to close wage gap? Step one: Change your major from feminist dance therapy to electrical engineering. #NationalOffendACollegeStudentDay
— Christina Sommers (@CHSommers) November 10, 2015
@CzarIvanIV @CHSommers Many people go to college and get a liberal arts degree for better pay. This is not limited to gender studies.
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
End Side Comment
@JoshuaCuellar There is no such thing as a “gender pay gap” BTW. Please do more research on that before you spread more lies.
— Ivan The Terrible (@CzarIvanIV) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV “Gender Pay Gap” compares apples to oranges (e.g. graphic artist/html to programmers). I’m aware of the misinformation.
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV “Gender Pay Gap” fallacy does not mean high paying jobs that interest women are in shortage. Read up on biology and fulfillment.
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV meant “are not in shortage”
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
@JoshuaCuellar So it is men’s fault women choose professions that just generally pay less?
— Ivan The Terrible (@CzarIvanIV) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV It’s not, but it was men who pushed for women being able to read, vote, and hold office when women didn’t have a voice.
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV Men should support women and high paying positions that interest women (like nursing) in my opinion.
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV Empowering women and supporting high paying jobs they enjoy can alleviate societal problems dead beat dads created.
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV In the U.S. there are over 9.7 million single mothers vs ~2 million single dads according to census https://t.co/RAMmpmIlNl
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
@JoshuaCuellar OK… but that’s just female biology/motherly instinct wanting to stay with children over work…
— Ivan The Terrible (@CzarIvanIV) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV yes and that’s a problem for some women but not all. Lot’s of women are willing to leave kids with grandma, etc.
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV I do agree encouraging women to seek high paying jobs that are currently in demand is part of the solution.
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
@JoshuaCuellar Hmmm no response to that one? Honestly I didn’t really expect one….
— Ivan The Terrible (@CzarIvanIV) March 26, 2017
@CzarIvanIV if your talking about your comment on biology/motherly instinct, i did replyhttps://t.co/8BejvSUqtS
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
After that Twitter exchange a article by 24/7 Wall Street came up on my feed with data methods on the pay gap. According to 24/7 Wall St. and their outlined data methods, it is not a fallacy and they compare pay between equal positions / job titles.
Loving analytics, cookies, etc.
24/7 Wall Street has jobs for women to possibly avoid
First Data Methodshttps://t.co/s9DzPg8XzL— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017
24/7 Wall St. list of 20 Worst Paying Jobs for Womenhttps://t.co/Ha25oAAt1Q#WomensHistoryMonth
— Joshua Cuellar (@JoshuaCuellar) March 26, 2017