Is the WNBA Women’s Idea of Equality?

For some reason, women in the WNBA believe they should be paid salaries comparable to men.  Is this an example of what men have been dealing with for the past five decades?  Women have been claiming they can do whatever men can do, but better.  Therefore, they should be paid equal to men.  Yet, there is no proof that WNBA players are equal to NBA players.  Or is this an example of the fact women do not understand business and economics as well as they believe they do?

The stage is set for the perfect storm.  The NBA franchise owners have an opportunity to give women exactly what they want.  Give them equality.  Completely divest in the WNBA and allow women to play for the NBA.  Those who make the team can play.  Men are instructed to treat the women the same as they treat men.  The women who have equal stats as men will be compensated like men.  Women who don’t make the team have to walk away in silence.

This would be a paradigm shift in our society.  It would usher in a new and powerful idea of equality.  Going forward, all women go through the same scrutiny as women in the WNBA.  That means doctors, lawyers, dentists,  engineers, etc. would have to perform the same as men.  Those who don’t lose their jobs.

On the surface, this may sound harsh.  From another perspective, it would give women a dose of reality.  And it would increase productivity in the workforce, which would make US businesses more competitive and profitable than they have been for the past five decades.  If women don’t like it, they can easily start female only companies in every industry.  Then they can allow the free markets decide who the winners are.   

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