Gender pay inequities (was: Infanticide and Extropy)

From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Tue May 21 2002 - 11:48:25 MDT


>From: Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com>

>Yes, it is unacceptable. So is claiming that there is a bias in
>compensation on the part of employers when the bias is actually in
>the choices that women themselves make.

The evidence that gender based inequalities still exist is clear.

They should be remedied wherever they are found to exist.

I would like to point out that in the Union trades, women make
exactly the same as men, and the ones who can make the standards do
every bit as good a job. (and yes, sometimes better).

Brian

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