thought2 on the shining example of professional tennis.
A few years ago, most major tournaments equalized the prize money for the mens and the womens competitions. This has however, in my view, created a pay gap in favour of women.
Say in a grand slam final, the match is won in straight sets... the men had to work 50% more to earns the same money as the women. If the match is won in the maximum allowable sets, the men had to work 67% more than the women to earn the same money.
The only scenario where the gap ceases to exist is where the women's match is a 3 setter (hard match) and the men's match is a 3 setter (easy match).
The gap widens to 150% for an easy women's match vs a hard men's match.
The average gap, assuming a uniform distribution of toughness of matches for both genders is 67%.
Here'a how a pay gap would work in different scenarios:
Women's sets -> Mens sets -> Gap
2 -> 3 -> 50%
2 -> 4 -> 100%
2 -> 5 -> 150%
3 -> 3 -> 0
3 -> 4 -> 33%
3 -> 5 -> 67%
I wonder when male tennis players are going to wake up to the maths and start fighting for their right to either have shorter matches or increase in pay to reflect the increased work.
A few years ago, most major tournaments equalized the prize money for the mens and the womens competitions. This has however, in my view, created a pay gap in favour of women.
Say in a grand slam final, the match is won in straight sets... the men had to work 50% more to earns the same money as the women. If the match is won in the maximum allowable sets, the men had to work 67% more than the women to earn the same money.
The only scenario where the gap ceases to exist is where the women's match is a 3 setter (hard match) and the men's match is a 3 setter (easy match).
The gap widens to 150% for an easy women's match vs a hard men's match.
The average gap, assuming a uniform distribution of toughness of matches for both genders is 67%.
Here'a how a pay gap would work in different scenarios:
Women's sets -> Mens sets -> Gap
2 -> 3 -> 50%
2 -> 4 -> 100%
2 -> 5 -> 150%
3 -> 3 -> 0
3 -> 4 -> 33%
3 -> 5 -> 67%
I wonder when male tennis players are going to wake up to the maths and start fighting for their right to either have shorter matches or increase in pay to reflect the increased work.
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