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From: cmgiuliani@watmath.UUCP (cmgiuliani)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Sexism in insurance prices
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Date: Tue, 29-May-84 12:08:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 29 12:08:24 1984
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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> Your article is logical to a point and then you lose me.
> 
> The reason that women are given lower premiums on auto
> insurance is (supposedly) they  are safer drivers --
> statistically.
> 
> The reason that women are given lower salaries and
> benefits is they (fill in the blank) -- statistically.
> 
> What do you think the reason is and is it fair?
>
>                   ellen
> 
I think this is aimed at me, but please be more specific in the future...

 You misunderstand.  I was not really addressing the question of women's,
 salaries, but of insurance rates.  But now I will consider salaries.
 
One possible reason for paying women less is that they (God only knows what)
statistically.  But in any case it is hard to justify statistical setting of
salaries.  There is more significant information available about employees.

  Actually when men are systematically paid more than women only because of
  their sex I doubt that there is a valid statistical motivation for it.  But
  that is another topic.

                  Carlo @ the U of Waterloo