Comments on: Women gain in wages, but still trail men

By: Anjelina

Anjelina — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:17:48 +0000

For the best of all women who want to succeed, run your own business. I will be there in a few years. There are SBA loans for women and minorities. The glass ceiling exists, men created it, duh! I currently teach part time at an English Center in Rosslyn and get passed up for raises and course offerings for two reasons: my gender and my race (non-white and non-black; I am mixed). Middle management all but one female who acts like a male – all Caucasian. My former courses are usually replaced by white males, once in a while a black male. According to the CRA, Title VII, I should be replaced by someone of the same demographics – latin mixed female. What a contradiction we live in.

By: JCE

JCE — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:31:53 +0000

It’s assumed that the man is the breadwinner and that the woman is just working for extra income.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:20:51 +0000

As a woman who has worked in my chosen profession for more than 23 years, I have seen my share of “wage discrimination”. I have been passed over for promotions, because “Tom” has a family to feed. I was denied the best shift at one place, in spite of my seniority and better education, again because the schedule fit a “married man’s needs” better than my own, (I was single at the time). I chose a career over children, it fits me better. However, I expect to be compensated exactly the same way a male counterpart would be. Unfortunately in my experience, women are still financially discriminated against once they become salaried professionals.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:30:11 +0000

Funny turkey joke Langmuir – made me giggle!

By: Langmuir

Langmuir — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:06:14 +0000

OK, women don’t have more choices than men do. And employers
are anxioius to hire more women because they can pay them less
for the same work.

Did you hear about the turkey farmer who tried to get bigger
drumsticks by crossing a turkey with an ostrich? He was not
successful, he just got a small bird that hides its head in the
mashed potatoes.

Langmuir

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:16:35 +0000

I actually do not understand what Langmuir is saying when he states “women have more choices then men do”. Men, as well as women, have the same choice to stay home or pursue a career. Why can’t men work only part of their lives, or working part time, or working flexible jobs. My husband is trying to work a flexible schedule and stay at home with the children – “his choice” while I work outside the home.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:51:13 +0000

I am amused and somewhat saddened by Langmuir statement that women have more choices . . . I have never had a choice on whether I worked or not – I do like a roof over my head and food on the table just like everyone else and I have had a full time job with the exception of 1 1/2 years when I couldn’t find one for the last 30 years.

I have also continually seen a man paid more to do the same job but in my industry at least I think that is getting a little better.

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:40:20 +0000

Payroll is one of my many responsibilities and I know that women in managerial positions do not make as much as men with lesser education. It is a real problem that needs to be addressed.

By: JCE

JCE — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:50:25 +0000

Langmuir, you happen to be in one of the few industries where women are so few that they are in great demand. As a woman who has been working since I graduated college I can tell you that men with equal or lesser qualifications have always made more than me, and have been promoted faster. Often these men promoted ahead of me have less education, less experience, and less time with the company than me. I don’t think the survey is “misinformation” for the general workforce, even though it may seem skewed to you in your environment.

By: Langmuir

Langmuir — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:26:18 +0000

I wish people would stop creating these apples versus oranges surveys. Women have more choices than men do, some of which are working only part of their lives, or working part time, or working flexible jobs. Therefore they will always have less pay overall than men.

However, as an engineer and scientist I have never worked with a woman of the same
qualifications and experience that I have that wasn’t paid more than me.

It’s insulting to the intelligence of the public to keep pumping out misinformation that
looks like discrimination.