Gender Discrimination Arguments and Non Sequiturs : A Chatgpt Essay

There has been much discussion about gender discrimination in the workplace. Women comprise X% of the population but only hold X-Y% of certain positions, therefore there is a need to hire more women in that job category. Women earn less than men; therefore we need to increase women’s salaries. As a former philosophy student, the non sequiturs popped right out at me. There are many reasons why women comprise less than X% of certain job categories, and there are many reasons why women sometimes earn less than men. Discrimination is only one possible explanation. Studies have shown that when males and females are employed in similar capacities, have similar education, experience, hours spent at work, etc., the gender gap tends to vanish, or at least that is what several recent studies have concluded. I asked ChatGPT to write an essay on the issue of whether such arguments constitute non sequiturs. Its response was surprisingly nuanced