And for the actually curious; it was originally to hold pocket watches
I was a pocket watch user in the time before we all carried phones all the time and I cursed all pants without a fob pocket in those days.
its actually for your lil baggie of cocaine.
I was always taught it was called a ‘fob pocket’, as in a pocket for your fob watch (the old name for a pocket watch) but I only knew that because my grandfather collected fob watches. I was also taught that the little pocket near the hip of the inside of a coat is called a fob pocket for the same reason.
I'm not really sure about it's actual name since i'm not a native speaker; i basically shoehorned the translation
it makes for a great card holder for metros or any situation where you need to have a card in a quickly accessable place
"A what watch?"
Steve Jobs said it was for the iPod shuffle
Come on, dude, there is no female wage gap. It's just that men choose high-salary jobs, like doctor or lawyer, and women choose low-salary jobs, like female doctor or female lawyer.
Time to dig this back up again, I guess:
There literally is no gender "wage gap". Firstly, the "wage gap" is a misnomer for the "earnings gap" (using the correct term makes it more clear that the difference is in average overall earning, not in the pay received per hour of the same work), and assuming whatever gap there is is caused by sexism is literally the same logic as the creationist's 'god of the gaps' argument re the fossil record; with that argument, creationists say X couldn't possibly have evolved into Y, that God was involved. Then when a transitional fossil Z between X and Y is found, the creationist says that God's influence must actually be between X and Z, and Z and Y. And so on ad infinitum, creating a situation where the creationist will always find a way to convince themselves that they're correct, despite the ever-increasing amount of evidence against them.
When it comes to the earnings gap, the actual gap that exists, the cause is assumed to be sexism/misogyny in the same way God is assumed to be how different species came about. But then as time goes on, research is done, and more and more of the gap is accounted for via factors that have nothing to do with discrimination/prejudice/etc., the argument changes to 'whatever gap remains unaccounted for, that must be the part caused by sexism/misogyny!"
That portion being due to sexism/misogyny is always based on pure assumption--there is zero hard evidence that instances of sexism (no one argues there is zero of it) comprise a statistically-significant portion (no one being intellectually honest would argue it's literally zero) of the earnings gap between men and women.
For anyone curious, here's a list of factors that contribute to the gender earnings gap, from the above link:
- Men disproportionately gravitate towards higher paying occupations in technology and hard sciences (e.g., petroleum engineer).
- Men disproportionately choose higher-risk, higher paying occupations with greater safety risks for occupational injuries and fatalities (e.g., oil field worker, roofer, and logging).
- Men are more willing to work outdoors in uncomfortable, physically demanding work environments (construction, oil field workers, commercial fishing, logging).
- Men are more willing than women to choose demanding, intense jobs where you can’t check out at the end of the work day (e.g., corporate attorney, senior White House staff).
- Men select jobs with higher pay but with lower personal fulfillment (tax accountant).
- Men select jobs with higher financial and emotional risks (e.g., venture capitalist).
- Men are more willing than women to work the worst shifts during the worst hours.
- Men often choose higher paying subfields (e.g., surgery and anesthesiology). <-- the primary reason for the misconception your oft-repeated joke is based on
- Men are more willing to work in dirty or unpleasant environments with minimal human contact (e.g., prison guard, steel worker, truck drivers).
- Men work longer hours per week than women on average.
- Men more frequently than women invest in updating their skills with greater financial payoffs (e.g., master’s degree in computer technology vs. master’s degree in education).
- Men are more likely than women to have more years of continuous experience in their current occupation.
- Men are more likely than women to have more years of recent, uninterrupted experience with their current employer.
- Men work more weeks during the year than women, on average.
- Men are less likely than women to be absent from work (e.g., doctor’s visits, sick days, taking time off when children are sick, etc.).
- Men are more willing than women to tolerate longer commute times.
- Men are more willing to relocate, especially to undesirable locations at their company’s request.
- Men are more willing than women, on average, to travel extensively on the job.
- Men are more willing than women to take the risk of a variable income, e.g., to be paid by commission vs. a fixed salary.
- Men often produce more output, e.g., scholarly research articles for university professors.
Note: None of those gaps above apply universally, but reflect overall gender differences that apply in general and on average.
My favorite part of this AEI op-ed (look up the fellows of this august think tank institution if you have a minute) is that the author lists no notes, references, or citations for a single claim in the piece. Now that's how you do it! Start a Hudson Institute it Heritage Foundation and once you've got the banner to put behind a panel of prestigious sounding fellows, bam! You've got the patina of credibility! Back it with a couple hundred million in tax-cheat lobbying endowments and you've got a stew going baby!
The fact that the wage gap absolutely exist is not an attack on men or men's wages. There's no need to get defensive. We can all work together to fix this problem.
using the correct term makes it more clear that the difference is in average overall earning, not in the pay received per hour of the same work
no there's still a gap per-hour for the same work
more and more of the gap is accounted for via factors that have nothing to do with discrimination/prejudice/etc
wow this is news to me i can't wait to see the explanations
- Fields dominated by men happen to pay more? Why?
- Why are men socially in a position where they can choose these higher risk occupations?
- Construction, oil field workers, logging all seem to have a pretty bad reputation for hostile work environments for women, no? For fishing, see 4.
- Why are men more often in positions where this is possible? What gender difference could there possibly be that could make this the case? What sexual dimorphism has led to this difference? What social expectations have we placed upon women that would lead to this? Personally I haven't a clue.
- Why are men expected to be the breadwinner?
- Why would higher risks lead to a higher median salary? Also, why are men more likely to take risks?
- See 4
- See 1
- Why?
- See 7
- See 8, 10
- See 10
- See 12
- See 13
- See 14
- See 15
- Why are men more able to relocate than women?
- See 16
- See 6
- Sounds like this is a consequence of being able to work longer hours, in which case, see 18
I guess all those highly skilled researchers around the world looking at different sectors in different countries must have just been wrong in exactly the same way, then. Boy will the feel dumb when they find out
Damnit, I was keeping my celery in there.
Does ants on a log count? Asking for a friend.
In the worst case they don't get anything at all 😬
Feels like nothing at all. Nothing at all. Nothing at all
Stupid sexy Flanders!
Post title is incorrect. Women's clothes don't have pockets.
Its a watch pocket actually. For a pocket watch. That practically nobody uses anymore. I use it for small easily lost project parts.
No one has made mention of the 83.7%. I think it should be 17% odd smaller.
Sorry I know it's like that glass eyed guy from last action hero.
Great, another thing to feel inadequate about.
::chef's kiss::
I’ve always used it for my car’s keyfob, which is the only key or fob I have.
