NY Times: Still Few Women in Management

The article, "Still Few Women in Management" in the NY Times discusses the difference in wages between female workers and male workers, particularly manger positions, where women on average earn about 80 cents on every dollar a male manager makes. A report commissioned by the Joint Economic Council of Congress made a comparison between men and women "in a specific industry and in similar jobs, and also controlling for differences like education levels and age. On average, female managers had less education, were younger and were more likely to be working part time than their male counterparts." Although the gender gap has narrowed slightly over the last decade, female managers still earn less, especially when they are married and/ or have children. However, men lost the most jobs during the recession because of the types of industries they worked in. Although this has been an ongoing, obvious issue for as long as women have been in the work force, it still appalls me that with how advanced our society has become and how educated women are now, that they still are paid less than a man when doing the same exact job. They could be doing it a hundred times better than the man with the same position, but because of the simple fact that they are a woman, they are paid less. It's gross and for a country that is supposed to be equal and fair and full of rights, this situation does not seem fair or equal or right. This is 2010, not the early 1900s -- time to get with the program and make a change already! Women bare the children that grow up to make our nation what it is -- they should have more equal rights than anyone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/business/28gender.html?_r=1&hp

(Published September 27, 2010)