The Biggest Barriers and Biases Impacting Pay Equality w/Bonnie Koo

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The law states that male and female physicians should be earning the same, but time and time again, the data has proven that this is not the case. Unfair pay structures and circumstances impact female doctors, and they all add up to an uphill battle for equal pay. <br /> <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s not just that female physicians are earning less generally. <br /> <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The specialties we dominate are paid less. We are funneled away from the higher-paying specialties. There also aren’t enough women in leadership advocating for equal pay, and we’re conditioned not to rock the boat. <br /> <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When it comes to getting paid what we’re worth, there are biases and barriers that are layered in at every step of the process.<br /> <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do leadership structures get in the way of advocacy? What are some of the societal structures we are battling? What can we do to empower ourselves? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> In this episode, I’m joined by</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">certified life coach, physician, and founder of Wealthy Mom MD, Bonnie Koo. We discuss some of the key issues that play into the gender pay gap. </span></p> <p><br /> <br /> <strong>Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode <br /> <br /></strong></p> <p><strong>The specialty pay gap <br /></strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">There are some fields that are more associated with women than others. Those specialties not only earn less, but the female physicians within those fields earn less than their male counterparts. Not only are women being pushed into certain specialties, but once they enter those fields and become the majority, the pay in those fields also drops considerably. <br /> <br /></span></p> <p><strong>Why female leaders in medicine are so important <br /></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">D