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- From: jsb16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jennifer S Broekman)
- Subject: Re: Are Gay Men Richer, Really?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.005827.22459@news.columbia.edu>
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- Reply-To: jsb16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jennifer S Broekman)
- Organization: Columbia University
- References: <1993Jan9.033648.2219@leland.Stanford.EDU> <18356@autodesk.COM> <1993Jan21.200939.27127@macc.wisc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:58:27 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.200939.27127@macc.wisc.edu>
- anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes:
- >In article <18356@autodesk.COM> owen@autodesk.com (D. Owen
- >Rowley) writes:
- >>Financial analysis shows that gay men have more disposable
- >>income than their strayt peers.
-
- >This is an often-repeated remark. I've seen it used by
- >those opposed to us. I've never seen the evidence used to
- >support the claim. Anyone have a pointer to solid research?
- >(The _Advocate_ probably won't do.)
-
- Also, be sure the research only compares two-income gay male couples to
- two-income straight couples, with appropriate adjustment to account for
- the likelihood of sexism in the woman's salary. Also, make sure that the
- research isn't comparing couples with children to childless couples. Plus,
- make sure the research isn't comparing blue collar to white collar folks.
- Finally, make sure the research includes lesbian couples, to check if the
- gay men earn more because they're homosexual or because they're *male*.
-
- -jenneke, who thinks the factoid beneath the rumor is that men earn more than
- women do, so of course two men earn more than a woman and a man (who
- earn more than two women).
-
- Only Boys Accepting Feminism Get Kissed Meaningfully -- Geoff Marcy
- The only unnatural sexual act is that which you cannot perform. - Alfred Kinsey
- jenneke is: jsb16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
-