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From: tims@mako.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Allstate Insurance says women don't deserve equal pay with men
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Date: Sat, 19-May-84 20:53:12 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 19 20:53:12 1984
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 > You know, I am 100% in favour of equal pay for equal work, but how come
 > I have never heard a complaint about the fact that Allstate will sell
 > car insurance to a woman for FAR less than to a man, in spite of the fact
 > they have equal driving records.  As far as I am concerned, this
 > "guilty until proven innocent" attitude of the insurance companies is
 > one of the worst kinds of sexism around, yet it is given the approving eye
 > of society.

Yes, I mentioned this to a feminist lady-friend of mine once and her response
was that it was a perfectly justified practice since women are on the average
safer drivers.  Isn't funny how all those social-conditioning, environment,
sex roles and expectations arguments go right out the window when they
don't produce the desired result?