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From: mjk@tty3b.UUCP (Mike Kelly)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.women
Subject: Re: equal pay for women
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Date: Fri, 25-May-84 16:40:57 EDT
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From: howard@metheus.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) [referring to an article
  by Ivan Illich]:

 One of the points he makes is that the ratio
 of women's pay to men's pay has remained utterly constant at 59% plus or minus
 3% across all times and all cultures for which this data exists.

Although I'm reluctant to challenge Ivan Illich, he (or Howard) has erred
on this.  Pay equity is closer to 89% in Sweden, and other progressive
countries have also made large strides.  The problem is political and
economic, not genital.

Mike Kelly
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