"There’s Even A Gender Gap In Children’s Allowances"

[KitSileya]

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04/23/3430025/gender-gap-allowance/

Nearly 70 percent of boys say they get an allowance, compared to just under 60 percent of girls, according to a new survey from Junior Achievement.

But unfortunately, it’s not likely because boys do more chores. One study found that girls do two more hours of housework a week than boys, while boys spend twice as much time playing. The same study confirmed that boys are still more likely to get paid for what they do: they are 15 percent more likely to get an allowance for doing chores than girls. A 2009 survey of children ages 5 to 12 found that far more girls are assigned chores than boys. A study in Europe also found fewer boys contribute to work around the house.

And it’s not just that boys are more likely to be paid by their parents, but they also get more money. One study found that boys spent just 2.1 hours a week on chores and made $48 on average, while girls put in 2.7 hours to make $45. A British study found that boys get paid 15 percent more than girls for the same chores.

Young girls suffer a wage gap even when they leave their home in search of wages. Despite the fact that the vast majority of babysitters are girls, the few boys who take on those jobs have higher hourly rates.

I don't think I'm the only one who's not surprised about this. Of course, the troglodytes everywhere (even here on DU) will chime in and claim that of course boys need a bigger allowance, as they have to pay for dates, totally disregarding the fact that feminists are saying that having men pay for dates is sexist, and that it is totally disregarding all the girls who go on dates with other girls.

[MuseRider]

1. It is as it always has been.

I spent my entire childhood spending my weekends washing and ironing my father and brothers shirts. I learned to cook and clean and did it all, every weekend. No allowance, it was expected that I do it all as "training" to be a good wife.

My brothers got an allowance, they were occasionally expected to mow the yard. Occasionally. No matter, they always got an allowance because boys needed the money.