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- From: mec6@quads.uchicago.edu (rini)
- Subject: Re: Entry level salaries (was: Re: Elle MacPherson causes rape?)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.164519.7099@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 16:45:19 GMT
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- starbuck@ucrmath.ucr.edu (starbuck) writes:
- >muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes:
-
- >>So, as the median is just one salary figure, all you can say is that
- >>that particular woman makes more than that particular man. To come up
- >>with the "women make X for each $1 earned *per* man," you have to use
- >>the mean, which is the average salary *per* man or woman. How about
- >>running back to those figures and posting the mean? And the number of
- >>people in each group?
-
- ...
-
- >You just like to piss on every thing. You know things have change and you
- >are just not willing to admit it are you? You are a stumbling block to
- >women. A femininst like yourself just creates more resentment towards
- >women because you say you represent them? Bullshit you a whiner, admit
- >it? When is the last time you had anything good to say about women in
- >society? I mean something positive.
-
- Starbuck, Muffy has asked perfectly valid statistical questions.
- *I* see no flame in there. (Indeed, there is *no* position stated
- there.)
-
- Now please look at your post. You accuse her of "pissing" on stuff,
- and being a "whiner" and a "stumbling block"... What's the deal?
- Who's being the vitriolic complainer here?
-
- >I bet you don't understand why more and more people are begining to think
- >feminism sucks.
-
- I would certianly *hope* it's not because people like you go around
- calling feminists "whiners" for asking questions....
-
- rini
-