Sunday, February 21, 2010
Corporate Women: The Wage Gap Starts At Graduation
Jezebel: "Thinking about getting an M.B.A.? While advanced degrees are often touted as the way to improve salary and access to top jobs, researchers have discovered that simply being male translates to more money and opportunity."
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I'm kinda surprised that this is still an issue. It seems as though this reached its peak years ago. In reading the comments people posted, some of the stories are pretty drastic in terms of pay differences. I guess I don't notice it as much, as the management fields in Theater, especially Stage Management, are even or perhaps slightly female-heavy. I'm not one of those people who are going to get loud and shout about gender equality, but come on, its 2010. Get it together.
This is really disappointing. I would be interested to see how many of these companies were run by women, and how the salaries for women under them compare to men. It doesn't seem like we're ever going to eliminate this completely without sticking up for each other.
I too am surprised that this level of inequality still exists. I agree with Alan, come on its 2010. We learn that problems such as a glass ceiling and unequal pay are problems of the past, but clearly they aren't. I think that if we are to resolve this issue it needs to be seen as an issue that need resolving and not as a problem of the past. If people assume its been dealt with, then there will be no action taken. Its ridiculous that women in the same or higher positions than men are still making less, simply because of their sex.
These statistics don't surprise me; they annoy me, but they are not surprising. There is still a lot of sexism in the world, even though women are legally allowed to vote and own land and whatnot. However, the problem might not completely be the sexist attitudes of those hiring/signing the paychecks. There's a theory that women are less aggressive in pay negotiation and settle for less pay; perhaps there should be more focus in M.B.A. programs about maintaining confidence in pay negotiations and understanding how much you're worth.
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