Slate: Map Shows the Worst State for Women To Make Money

Submitted by fibtastic on Fri, 2012-10-19 18:03

Slate has recently published an interactive map purporting to show income inequality by gender down to the county level, based on the US Govt. data from the American Community Survey. You'll immediately notice the ubiquitous pink and red tones screaming that women earn up to 50% less than men.

Lets educate them a bit in the comments shall we?

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I just realized that women in Cherry Hills Village in Colorado earn less than half of what men do. Therefore, they must be even more underpaid than women elsewhere in the United States regarding their earnings (compared with men). These poor women suffer from a huge wage gap and are horribly oppressed! (This is something I came up with myself, though a feminist could come to the same conclusion).

Now, some information regarding Cherry Hills Village (where I got this information):

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From Wikipedia: The median income for a household in the city was $190,805, and the median income for a family was $200,001. Males had a median income of $100,000+ versus $49,891 for females. The per-capita income for the city was $99,996. About 1.7% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 1.5% of those age 65 or over.

Note: Cherry Hills Village is the most affluent suburb of Denver, located just to the south of the city, with many homes worth well over $1 million! There's something funky about feminist math and reasoning!

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Submitted by mens_issues on Sat, 2012-10-20 14:24

I tried to do a similar analysis for Beverly Hills, California, but couldn't find the relevant statistics for men's and women's earnings there. I'll bet it's The Patriarchy deliberately suppressing such information so nobody can figure out how oppressed women are there.

I'll bet this pattern of oppression of women occurrs throughout wealthy suburbs through the United States as well!

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Submitted by mens_issues on Sat, 2012-10-20 14:27