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Originally Posted by wittynickname
And for those who questioned ways that men and women are not equal--I'm not sure how things are in Canada, obviously, but the gap in the US is evident and harmful. Have some stats and graphs with real hard facts.
http://www.americanprogress.org/issu..._poverty.html/
A bit dated, to be sure, but these problems haven't been solved in 4 short years. |
One thing I have found is that a lot of these stats/studies don't account for is maternity leave.
Example: Male employee X and Female employee Y start at a job at the same time, same degree, same experience, same wage. They work for 5 years, and then Y goes on maternity leave for 2 years. X continues to work. When Y returns, X is making more, because X now has 7 years experience, Y only has 5, and while she is guaranteed her position, she is not entitled to be spotted experience and raises that she didnt put in time for. However, its all too often reported as both X and Y have been employed for 7 years, and X makes more.