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From: heretyk@abnjh.UUCP (S. Heretyk)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: 59 cents
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Date: Thu, 22-Sep-83 11:46:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 22 11:46:00 1983
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In "Games Mother Never Taught You" the author Betty Lehan Harragan
states that "on a national average women are paid half men's salaries.
In specific categories such has college graduates, or professional
and technical specialty jobs, women get two-thirds of what men get
in their paychecks."  Furthermore she writes:
"Never underestimate the underpayment of women by the 'nicest'
corporations."

Harragan states "If you haven't asked for raises but merely accepted
whatever was offered, your increases have been minimal compared to
men who've been playing the game all along."

Shelley Heretyk