Comments on: Does A Wage Gap Exist?

By: Barb

Barb — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:16:49 +0000

Oneill is not looking at the whole picture when she states, “For men and women who never marry and never have children, there is no earnings gap,” she said in an interview.” She is likely comparing similar job titles and for those males and females in the same jobs, it’s more likely that the pay is the same because most will eventually reach the top pay rate after enough years in the job. The women today hardly take any time off for child care and family leave, and most families are two-income out of necessity. The facts are that males are still much more represented in the senior management levels and the women are promoted much less frequently to Senior and CEO levels. How does she explain away this disparity?

By: Telly

Telly — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:06:38 +0000

There’s definately a wage gap, even in industries where the women are in men’s traditional jobs. As a manager, we had to true-up the wages to industry standards due to the huge disparity in wages. Some women got a $25K raise in one fell swoop, while most men who got a raise eeked out a couple grand. Some companies take action only when there is threat of a lawsuit. Much of the disparity is due to the male boss gives the plum work assignments to other males and then tthe men have an opportunity to add new skills to their resumes, which perpetuates the wage gap.

By: confused

confused — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:58:37 +0000

Rachel, I agree totally with you and that is one of the reasons that our birthrate is declining in the US.

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 01 May 2007 07:27:40 +0000

What does this make me think? That our society, as a whole, does not value children or the time and effort spent on rearing them. I knew that already; that’s why I chose not to have any.