Wall Street Journal: "Strides by Women, Still a Wage Gap"

Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2011-03-01 18:11

Article here. Excerpt:

'"Women have not only caught up with men in college attendance but younger women are now more likely than younger men to have a college or a master's degree," wrote Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, and Christina Tchen, chief of staff to first lady Michele Obama, in a foreword. "Yet, these gains in education and labor force involvement have not yet translated into wage and income equity."

The report depicts a sea change in women's roles over the past few decades, away from child-rearing and housekeeping to serving as a pillar of family finances and America's economy. Still, single-mother households are more common than those with single fathers, a big reason why women are more likely than men to be poor, despite higher unemployment among men. And women continue to lag behind men in science and math-oriented occupations, as well as in earnings.'

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Look at the comments, folks... great stuff! People are no longer taking it lying down and I am loving it!

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2011-03-01 22:15

"Women have not only caught up with men in college attendance but younger women are now more likely than younger men to have a college or a master's degree," wrote Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, and Christina Tchen, chief of staff to first lady Michele Obama, in a foreword. "Yet, these gains in education and labor force involvement have not yet translated into wage and income equity."

Until there is reproductive and family law equity this will continue to be the case. Yet the wages gap whingers inevitably act also to to ensure that equity is unachievable. Go figure.

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Submitted by gwallan on Wed, 2011-03-02 02:48

What's really great is that people are using real names while criticizing the gap myth and Feminism.

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Submitted by fondueguy on Wed, 2011-03-02 03:01