Women earn more than men, says UK report
A recent report has found that young women in the UK are earning more than men, contradicting a feminist trope that women earn less than men due to discrimination.
The report, published by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), found that young females 16-24 on average earn £26,500 ($34,136) per year, which is £2,200 ($2,834) more than their male counterparts. The CSJ says this is a “crisis for young men” that is linked to the decline in male-dominated industries like manufacturing, agriculture and construction. The number of men in manufacturing jobs has plummeted by 1.3 million since 1997, a 40% drop that the CSJ connects to the feminist assault on masculinity. Over 40% of adults believe society does not value masculine traits, according to GBNews.
CSJ Senior Fellow and former Tory MP Miriam Cates said: “We have let down a generation of young boys and men. For too long, politicians, policy makers, the media and the arts have turned a blind eye to the needs of boys in the name of “equality.’”
“Far from creating equality, we have penalised young men for the crime of being male, labelling them as ‘toxic’ and ‘problematic’, and failing to provide a positive vision of masculinity," Cates added.
The gender pay gap myth
For decades, feminist activists have promoted a “gender wage gap” myth that claimed women earn less than men for the same work. This was repeatedly debunked, however, with data showing that women typically choose different lifestyles that result in different jobs and workloads than those chosen by men. In some cases, in fact, women have been earning proportionally larger salaries than men.
In October 2023, thousands of women in Iceland—including female Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir—went on strike to protest “unequal pay.” The Gold Report revealed that while Icelandic women earned 21% less than men in 2022, they also worked less than men. According to Statistics Iceland, women on average worked a total of 32.6 hours per week while men worked at least seven hours more. Estimates from Statista show that between 2010 and 2021 men actually worked eight hours more than women per week — meaning that women worked 23.5% less but made only 21% less in pay.
In the UK, female full-time employees earn on average $7,771 less than men per year. According to government data, however, women also choose different different careers. Women hold 77% of jobs in the health and social work sector, for example, where the median salary is £34,273 ($44,137). Men, however, tend to gravitate toward jobs in manufacturing, which offers a median salary of £37,071 ($47,750), as well as other higher-paying jobs.
According to a 2024 report from Payscale, however, there is a gender pay gap. After controlling for all factors, such as hours worked, experience, education, industry, occupation, and other factors, Payscale found that women earn $0.99 on the dollar compared to men.
