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Title: 23% less income
Post by: Soap Star on November 02, 2007, 01:25:42 PM
So true, so frustrating.

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Excerpts from this abc news story:  http://www.yahoo.com/s/725054

On average, women still make just 77 cents on the dollar compared to men.

Two actors -- one male, one female -- played job applicants with identical resumes, going for the same job. Volunteers watched their interviews -- scripted so as to be exactly the same -- during which both ask for more money.

The results: The volunteers were 30 percent less likely to hire the woman than the man. The reason: She's too demanding and pushy, even though she said exactly the same things as her male counterpart.


Title: Re: 23% less income
Post by: allinyc on November 02, 2007, 02:56:43 PM
This really doesn't surprise me.  I've held the same position as males with less education then myself and have found out they made more.


Title: Re: 23% less income
Post by: Jen on November 03, 2007, 06:18:38 PM
Isn't it a shame that this is still a reality??  It's really quite disturbing.


Title: Re: 23% less income
Post by: allinyc on November 04, 2007, 08:55:02 AM
It really bugs me because I work in a female-dominated profession (social work) and places will pay males more to attract them to the field.