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From: steven@qubix.UUCP (Steven Maurer)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: 59 cents
Message-ID: <528@qubix.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 21-Sep-83 17:03:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 21 17:03:07 1983
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>>                            Let's face it:  People who do the same work
>>  deserve the same wage, irrespective of experience, education or what-
>>  ever.  I'd demand it on the job and so would you.   Anything else is
>>  the worst kind of "benevolent" sexism.

    You do not seem to understand what the original author was saying.
Let me try to simplify it for you:

    To earn higher wages you must be at a higher level of authority
    within the company at which you work.  To rise to that level, you
    must have one (or more) of these attributes that your company is
    interested in:

    1]  Experience
    2]  Education
    3]  Intelligence (2 & 3 are not always associated)
    4]  Enthusiasm
    5]  Qualifying Skills (not to be confused with 1, 2, or 3)
    6]  Luck


    People at higher levels of authority might occasionally do the same
work that people at lower levels do, but they are usually expected to do
a better job and/or will take more heat if they blow it.


Steven Maurer

p.s.  I once read in a Socialogical report that said this:  The reason
why women get disparate wages compared to men is that most women enter
the job market after they have taken time off for child rearing.  This 
puts them at a disadvantage.  I am not sure I believe that report, but
it may be true.  Any comments?