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more about #lilyledbetter more comments → sybann: This also doesn't explain why those of us that eschew family for career still get screwed over. more » rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: I mean, they chose to be women right? more » Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: What about the choices that are presented to women? I know after college, many women went into admin asst positions or non-profit orgs, with the aspir... more » Maulleigh: Maybe women are more willing to take the salary offer on the table; men are more likely to get all primate over a bidding war. Just a crackpot theory. more » Grim Reaper of the Forest: I read this piece yesterday and was very confused. She is arguing for and against discrimination as a reason to explain the gap and didn't back up he... more » gobblegirl: Wow. This is bad journalism. Straight up. more » kelsium: Here is the other thing: even if women get into a field like neurosurgery or upper level management if they, like most ladies, are viewed by their mal... more » rednrowdy: If you're not catching it, "personal choices" is code for "entering and leaving the work force for children"... how about the very impersonal choice o... more » trublusu: If women didn't take care of the kids, then who would? The men? ha, ha, ha more » SarahMC: *THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL**THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL**THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL**THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL**THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL**THE PERSONAL I... more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Well, I know how to combat this. I choose to have my husband make and gestate the bebeh when it comes time. Done! Wheeeee sweet equality for me! more » ceejeemcbeegee is not here: Women didn't choose to earn less any more than they chose to be women. more » AuntieBee: Is she playing dumb? When she asked "But why do men who are bus drivers or insurance agents, jobs with similar numbers of men and women, earn more mo... more » arodriguez.romero: This kind of discrimination, altho obvs. here on this board, is not obvs. to others. That's why we get these badly thought out articles in the NY Time... more » Hamsterpants: Not this again. Please. Do you know how many MEN I have worked with who are also leaving early for soccer games, plays, parent-teacher meetings, etc.?... more » -
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The New York Times Gets The Wage Gap Wrong
Hannah Fairfield, attempting to explain the wage gender gap for the New York Times, places the blame squarely on "women's choices." Oh, and discrimination might have a little something to do with it. More »
