women and wages

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simple question..

why do men make more money then women?

-- Anonymous, December 12, 2000

Answers

Because women the value of their work and charge accordingly. If they believed that they needed more money, they would demand that the government legislate it into being. Wait, they are doing that!!!

-- Anonymous, January 25, 2001

Matt,

The idea that men make more money than women is very misleading. Those figures of 79 cents to the dollar that you see in the news media are derived by comparing all working men to all working women. There are many differences in the jobs that men and women choose, and the ways in which they work. There are also fewer women who have been working for their entire lives, since thirty years ago it was very common for women not to work. When you compare people doing the same jobs, with the same qualifications and levels of experience etc., you find that the "wage gap" essentially disappears.

You can find some excellent information on this subject at The Independent Women's Forum, http://www.iwf.org

-- Anonymous, February 01, 2001


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