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From: morning@mountains.Eng.Sun.COM (Cristina Ungstad)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Comparing Men's and Women's Wages
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Date: 26 Jun 90 23:30:33 GMT
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In article <2317@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> xrarp@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov writes:
>In a conversation the other day someone made an important observation:
>Part of the reason that women's wages tend to be lower than men's is that
>women do not bargain as aggressively as men do.

I've heard that within the same job category women actually tend to make
more money than men. Has anyone heard anything like this or is it my
imagination? I don't know what the reason would be, over-qualification,
or maybe some positive reason. Any insights?

Cristina

P.S. I've been reading the discussion of "Off Our Backs", violence, etc.,
and I think the people contributing to it are uncommonly intelligent,
literate and sensitive. Seems like this is an alias where you can see
the best in people, even when they're discussing the worst.