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- From: mysti@sierra.sybase.com (Mysti Rubert)
- Newsgroups: alt.romance
- Subject: Re: Equality - Let's get serious
- Message-ID: <28231@sybase.sybase.com>
- Date: 19 Jan 93 20:04:21 GMT
- References: <43486@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <1993Jan14.145455.1056@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan14.145455.1056@uoft02.utoledo.edu>, jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner) writes:
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- |>
- |> actually, you have to watch those statistics. the ones that claim
- |> women are making 60% of what men do don't take into account the
- |> amount of time, experience & education women have compared to men.
- |> when the numbers are adjusted for such factors, they indicate women
- |> make about 95% of what men do (if they indeed are doing the exact
- |> same job, have the exact same qualifications & work the exact same
- |> number of hours per week).
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- "Working Woman" magazine noted that among physicians and lawyers
- women had lost ground to the tune of approximately 20 cents on the
- dollar. The number of women in traditionally male jobs is dropping
- fast, especially in the construction trade. Women are actively discouraged
- from getting the experience, education and promotions needed to be equal
- to men. So your "reworking" of the statistics (which completely ignores
- the widely accepted concept of "equivalent" jobs) is meaningless.
-
- By the way, can you please quote your source.
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- Mysti Rubert, Oaktown, California
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- "It's not the men in my life, but the life in my men." Mae West
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