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In an ideal world, everyone would have the same career opportunities.
However, we dont live in such a world.
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Bored Pandareached out to Velz and she was kind enough to answer our questions.
Youll find our interview with her as you read on.
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Why do lesbians earn more money than straight women?
For years, social scientists have observed that lesbians consistently out-earn straight women.
This has been observed so often that it even has a name, the lesbian wage premium.
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So why is that?
Why do lesbians, particularly in the US, out-earn straight women?
So what else could it be?
Well, one hypothesis is that it could have to do with the division of labor among the household.
And so to look at that, we also have to look at the gender wage gap a bit.
While men usually just have to focus on their careers.
And that translates into lesbians being able to earn higher wages.
And thats something a lot of women have been talking about with regards to male partners for years.
Velz opened up about her content and background with us.
I create content about lesbian media and culture, mostly film/TV/theatre that features queer women.
Since then, Ive also added discussions about lesbian and queer cultural studies, particularly from a data-driven perspective.
Homosexual women earn, on average, 9% more than heterosexual women.
However, the situation is different for men.
The meta-analysis found that gay men earned an average of 11% less than straight men.
However, the sexual orientation wage gap for men has been decreasing over time.
Whether or not an employee is single also impacts their earning capabilities.
Other studies have found that married heterosexual menearn more thansingle men, however, married homosexual men do not.
With some exceptions, of course.
Some research indicatesthat both homosexual and heterosexual men in relationships earn more or less the same, on average.
Meanwhile, lesbian women who have partners out-earn straight women.
This doesnt mean, however, that all women dislike being parents: many embrace the calling.
On top of that, some households do aim to have an equal distribution of chores.
Meanwhile, their husbands have more free time to spend on leisure and paid work.
Heres what some members of the TikTok community had to say about the wage gap
