Lady Managers Don't Reduce Pay Gap
LatestA new report issued by a Swedish labor agency indicates that female managers don’t reduce the pay gap between male and female employees. If not even perfect, stoic, ice cold, blond, Ikea-decorated egalitarian socialist paradise Sweden can overcome the pesky gendered pay gap, then what faint hope do we have in the land of NFL cheerleaders, small town beauty pageant swimsuit competitions, and Slutoween?
A team of researchers from Uppsala University debunked the popular claim that the wage gap among Swedish workers can be explained by a management gap. According to Science Daily, only 36% of managers in Swedish workplaces are of the lady variety, and it’s popularly postulated that the remaining 8% pay gap between men and women in the country could be alleviated if only there were as many female as male managers. Some smaller studies have concluded that ladybosses encourage other women to be more professionally ambitious, and that women in positions of power are more willing to mentor female employees, thus encouraging achievement and higher pay.