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From: shy@mtgzz.att.COM (Susan Hallander)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: equal pay interesting statistic
Summary: The gender and marital status of all parties effects the pay
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Date: 11 Dec 90 17:48:14 GMT
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In article <93640@aerospace.AERO.ORG>, baranski@meridn.enet.dec.com writes:
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> I heard an interesting statistic on the radio the other day.
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> While women in general make ~$.69 for every ~$1.00 that men make, on the same
> scale, married men make ~$1.30, and single women make ~$1.10...
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> So, it looks like the disadvantaged are married women and single men...
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> Jim Baranski

That's very interesting, Jim. I wonder if the gender and marital
status of the people who dole out the raises has anything to do with
the statistics you quote. Could it be that the raise-dolers figure
that single men don't need as much money as their married counterparts
because they aren't supporting a family, and single women need more
money then married women because they aren't being supported by
anyone. I bet raise-dolers are generally married men.

In an ideal world, everyone would be given salaries and raises based
on the quality of their work, but that's not how it happens.