UK: Women earn more than men - until they become mothers

Submitted by Mastodon on Sun, 2014-11-23 00:27

Article here. Excerpt:

'The full-time gender pay gap may have closed for younger women but it widens dramatically for women in their 40s and 50s," says TUC secretary Frances O'Grady.

"Far too many women still find they have to take a step down to access flexible or reduced hours once they become mothers, and their earnings never recover even when they return to full-time work."

Some occupations are more unequal than others, with the biggest gender pay gap showing up in skilled trades such as electrician, florist or chef. Next come process, plant and machine operatives, followed by managers, directors and senior officials.

The most equal pay is to be found amongst sales and customer service staff, administrative and secretarial and the caring and leisure industries.'

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Guess what, so do men -- become fathers, that is -- *if* they decide not only to become fathers *and* insist (as is typically the case with mothers) on staying home to raise the kid(s).

Women *can* work flex time/reduced hours principally because their kids' fathers work full-time. If men weren't enabling women's repro goals this way, they'd be in a lot more fiscal trouble. As it is, not only can they work reduced/flex hours but also can lay claim to dad's $ further after they decide to hop off the marriage wagon.

Headline: "Asteroid headed to Earth, we all have two days before it hits; women most affected"

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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2014-11-23 18:49