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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Equality means everyone has the same opportunity but outcomes are different.

Equity means outcomes are the same.  It will never be, and it sets everyone up for failure . [/quote]

No. It doesn’t mean that every individual has equal outcomes. It means achieving more aggregate equal outcomes, I.e. women get paid the same as men, blacks have equal levels of home ownership, there is less income inequality across races, etc.

People who say it means equal outcomes for everyone have a narrow understanding of the concept. But they are tend to be the type of people who are frequently wrong but rarely in doubt.[/quote]

Except the outcomes that you are citing are based almost entirely on people's choices.  The differential in wages between men and women is almost entirely based on choice of profession, time taken out from the workforce to raise children, willingness to risk physical injury or death on the job, etc.  Individual women working the same job as a man, with these factors the same make nearly the same.  So your outcome means that as a society, we have to artificially boost the wages of certain professions, mandate state-funded childcare, etc.  I don't think these policies (which have other negative consequences) are worth the "equity" that you desire.

Our society will address many inequalities with better K-12 education and more aggressive child welfare policies, not by artificially boosting people's income after they are miseducated.[/quote]

How do you explain women and men in the same job making different wages?[/quote]

Read the research… very little difference.[/quote]

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