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ismnotwasm

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5. What an interesting point of view.
Sat Feb 28, 2015, 12:54 PM
Feb 2015

Wrong, but interesting

This in an Intro. which then further breaks it down by race

Imagine you work an entry-level job alongside someone who has less experience than you but still makes more money. Maybe you become a supervisor, yet still take home less pay than the employees you manage. Years go by and you look back on a lifetime of work and realize you lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in earnings.

This is real life for women working in a country with a gender pay gap alive and well. The latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau illustrate how that gap affects women, who are the primary source of income for 40 percent of American families.

The Big Number
First, there’s the benchmark. In 2013, the typical woman working full time, year-round in the United States earned 78 percent of men’s earnings. That number rose a lousy 1 percent since 2012 — a change that is not significantly different.


http://www.aauw.org/2014/09/18/gender-pay-gap/
Nice load. GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #1
So, your response to pay inequity is to turn women against each other. Sheelanagig Feb 2015 #2
Not exactly. draytontiffanie Feb 2015 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #18
Pay Inquity draytontiffanie Feb 2015 #4
What an interesting point of view. ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #5
Seems like you never read the post draytontiffanie Feb 2015 #6
Oh I read it ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #7
….. draytontiffanie Feb 2015 #8
No, it isn't ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #9
*sighs* draytontiffanie Feb 2015 #10
*sigh* ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #11
... draytontiffanie Feb 2015 #12
bullshit elehhhhna Feb 2015 #13
I tried to point that out ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #15
And there we diasagree ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #14
…. draytontiffanie Feb 2015 #16
wanna tell us why there has never been a female president Skittles Mar 2015 #17
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I dunno, Tiffanie...... AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #20
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? aswanson Feb 2016 #22
My Shero, Donna Edwards always gives all of the women's data. qwlauren35 Mar 2016 #23
Beyond Arbitrary Classification Redness May 2016 #24
Your incoherent rambling He loved Big Brother Jul 2016 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author Squinch Jul 2016 #29
Welcome to DU draytontiffanie! Your concern about BS annavictorious Jul 2016 #26
Can I ask you a question, draytontiffanie? annavictorious Jul 2016 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Squinch Jul 2016 #28
Oh FFS mercuryblues Jul 2016 #30
^^^ BRAVA👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 katsy Jul 2016 #31
Thank you mercuryblues Jul 2016 #32
Correct. And when one group wins their katsy Jul 2016 #33
Divide and conquer. annavictorious Jul 2016 #34
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