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Even On eBay, Women Get Paid Less For Their Labor (sciencemag.org)

Posted by yaelk on from the what-year-is-this-again dept.

sciencehabit writes: Women in the United States are paid only 79 cents on the dollar compared with men doing the same job. But at least gender melts away in the digital economy of the Internet, right? Nope. A study of more than 1 million auctions on the online commerce site eBay finds that women receive consistently less money than men for selling the very same products. T: The oft-cited "cents on the dollar" claims, though, ought perhaps be taken with a grain of salt; it depends who's counting, and what.

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  1. Re:uhh maybe they're pricing their goods lower? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The auctions set up by women are in comic sans.

  2. Re:Obviously by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't even think of a way to check the gender of the merchant.

    I can't even be sure of the species of some of them.

  3. Re:Obviously by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't even be sure of the species of some [merchants]

    I did check, and dogs are paid 43 cents on the dollar compared to human males. That's ruff.

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