nap@druxo.UUCP (ParsonsNA) (06/28/85)
> "Actually, many of the factors that contribute to the earnings gap are the > result of personal choices made by women themselves, not decisions thrust > on them by bosses. The most important example is marriage." Again the advantage goes to the male...ever heard anyone discuss the factor of marriage as detrimental to a male's salary? Changing the subject somewhat... To all of you who have been discussing marriage of "girls," I would like to comment: "girls" don't get married; "women" do. Don't bother to flame--I'm going on vacation and won't be reading the net. Considering my eroding sense of humor, I think I need it! :-) Nancy Parsons
oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster) (07/02/85)
In article <892@druxo.UUCP> nap@druxo.UUCP (ParsonsNA) writes: > >> "Actually, many of the factors that contribute to the earnings gap are the >> result of personal choices made by women themselves, not decisions thrust >> on them by bosses. The most important example is marriage." > >Again the advantage goes to the male...ever heard anyone discuss the factor >of marriage as detrimental to a male's salary? > From my admittedly skewed perspective (that of a young, white, single male), it seems that all other factors being relatively equal, the married man gets the job/raise/promotion much more readily than the single man. After all, he is responsible (the key word) for his, his wife's, and all the up-coming children's welfare, whereas single men are extremely irresponsible (consider things like auto insurance rates). -- - joel "vo" plutchak {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster "Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to say that this is all confusion."