• whoreticulture@lemmy.world
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    People know the “why”, but that doesn’t mean that female athletes are happy with it and don’t want to be paid more. They absolutely do, it’s something that high ranking athletes talk about all the time. But I guess you pay more attention to the headlines hating on trans women.

    “economics is not everyone’s strong point” GTFO with your condescending attitude. Wow. If you’re so interested in telling other people to be open minded, maybe listen to what female athletes actually have to say.

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      You are right. There are professional female athletes who want to earn more money. Many of them are extremely smart, and they find things they can do that will make them more money. A vocal minority gets stuck trying to fight reality. These are the ones you see and imagine are the majority. This is not the majority by any stretch of the imagination.

      If you think it is unfair that women athletes get paid the amount the market pays them, then you have every right to go pay them more. Trying to force other people to pay them more is a waste of time.

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        3 months ago

        The “market” is doing a notoriously great job at distributing wealth right now. How much money do the 1% have now?

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          Well, unfortunately, lots of people like to complain about what the market does while simultaneously encouraging it to do it with their wallets/purses. For instance, they say the market should give female athletes more money while simultaneously not buying their cards, jerseys, or going to their events. For another example, they give the 1% lots of money daily for things they absolutely don’t need while simultaneously complaining about how the 1% end up with all the money. Can’t have it both ways. If you shovel sand into your mouth, you’re gonna hafta deal with a mouth full of sand, unfortunately.

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      My dude/dudette. The money has to come from somewhere. If there is not enough demand for something, then they amount that gets paid for it is less. This is not a female sports issue. This is for literally everything.

      This is what it comes down to. Do you want to have a clearer understanding of the world or not? If you do, then try to suspend your current mindset and humble yourself, and go learn basic economics. It won’t be nearly as difficult as you are imagining. It isn’t something that other people can do to you. You have to want it. If you do, there is tons of very easy information available all over the internet. If you don’t, then enjoy being confused and mistakenly angry whenever this topic comes up. 100% your choice, but I’m not going to waste my time explaining to someone who is trying to see how many knuckles deep they can get their fingers in their ears.