American Thinker: The Wage Gap Myth

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2010-09-22 00:46

Article here. Excerpt:

'Sometimes you just have to feel sorry for President Obama. Having recently appointed Austan Goolsbee to his economic team, feminists are outraged that Obama chose a man to replace Christina Romer. "Many women have become the sole breadwinners, but because of the wage gap, as the sole breadwinner they can't provide for their families as men can," Terry O'Neill, head of the National Organization for Women, said. "If you had half of the economic advisers being women, I think that perspective would come to the forefront."

In one sense, O'Neill is right about a wage gap -- on average, women earn about 80 cents to a man's dollar. Could this mean feminists and Democrats actually have a point on this one? Not a chance. In lieu of the recent 39th anniversary of "Women's Equality Day" and O'Neill's remarks, it is imperative we revisit the wage gap myth. As much as special-interest groups and the media love to parrot the 80 cent statistic, it is hardly due to gender discrimination.'

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"Many women have become the sole breadwinners, but because of the wage gap, as the sole breadwinner they can't provide for their families as men can," Terry O'Neill, head of the National Organization for Women, said.

Your wrong again NOW, but at least you're consistent. All women have to do to earn as much money as men, is: work as hard, work as long, work as consistently, work dangerous jobs, etc. Duh!

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Submitted by MR on Wed, 2010-09-22 10:31

I took an informal survey form some intel employees recently. Intel hires lots of engineers, so I asked about the number of women and what they get paid.
First off, the number of women is low and because they have diversity requirements the women are sought out.
Secondly, because the number of qualified women is low, they get more money for doing exactly the same type of job.

Wage gap? Not if you are really looking at the issues. Women can actually make more if they work like men in this particular environment. That means work the hours, do the travel, take the special projects, and don't miss any work for anything, at anytime.

oregon dad

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Submitted by oregon dad on Thu, 2010-09-23 00:18