What’s to blame for the gender pay gap? The housework myth | Emma Griffin
The Victorians thought women were ‘naturally’ inclined towards motherhood and home, while men worked
We never hear politicians or pundits arguing that men should be paid more than women. Yet this reality is fundamental to the organisation of our society. The mean gender pay gap for full-time work runs at 14.1%, rising to 18.4% if part-time work is included. And these pay gaps are just one aspect of the unequal division of wealth between the sexes.
Women in Britain continue to undertake a greater share of unpaid caring duties within families, and are therefore more likely to work part-time or to not work at all. For these reasons, women’s, we cannot hope to change it.
