Bob Musicant wrote:
"Alsvid" wrote in message
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I'm sure I could do a little hunting around and come up with a few. In

the

meantime, I'm wondering if you believe that there are actually employers

out

there who are paying less to women than to men doing the same job? I

don't

think that even the most vocal women's rights groups are making that

claim.



http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=wom...+less+than+men

Just a quick google for 'women earn less than men', sans quotemarks.



Tom


Tom,
The "76 cents earned by women for every dollar earned by a man" refrain is
meaningless without controlling for relative experience and education. That
statistic does nothing to refute the contention that women doing the same
work with the same level of experience/education are in fact paid the same.
Companies indeed used to have different wage scales for men and women.
Does that still exist? I haven't heard of any such cases.

Here are some more links:
http://economistress.rationalmind.ne...es/000139.html

http://www.iwf.org/pubs/exfemina/July2000d.shtml

How about the statistic that about 90% of workplace deaths are suffered by
men? Is that a cause for concern? If not, why not?

Bob


If it's true (and it seems plausible), then it is a cause for concern.
What reasonable person could disagree?

John