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Originally Posted by Drake Vargas
Having an opinion that differs from the norm shouldn't be considered offensive. The overly PC culture present in FIRST and CD is ridiculous. God forbid anyone say something that might be interpreted as misogynistic. /s
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Yes, please let us forbid that. It might be hard for you to understand, but from an outsider looking in's perspective, if FIRST/CD condoned posts that could be interpreted as misogynistic we would turn off so many prospective FIRSTers. Not to mention in a professional setting it can be called sexual harassment and/or discrimination and can cause some serious issues.
These certain posts are catalyzing the demise of the already dwindling hope I had left in the thread.
Going back to the post about the pay gap -
As others have cited there are a variety of sourcing offering information that it exists. I have done a lot of research on my own time about it and contacted several different agencies working on improving it. The number one cause I was able to conclude was that women under negotiating their salaries. Women tend to value themselves less and hence negotiate less as opposed to males who tend to overvalue themselves and negotiate for more.
This comes down again to confidence, and multiple arguments on this thread work in favor of the argument women aren't as confident in their abilities even if they are objectively on or above par.
That's why events like these help build females confidence and get them psychologically ready to deal with things like negotiating pay based on your confidence or retention in STEM after a small failure.