Equal Pay?

Did you know that the average American woman makes only 77 cents to every Dollar the American man makes?

Most people are unaware of the differences in pay with people from different genders doing the same job.

But the sad truth is - there is no equal pay for comparable employment and social conditioning is still directing women to lower payed caregiver jobs and men to higher payed power suit jobs.

Liz Funk wrote an excellent very thoughtful post about this (which I recommend reading as it raises some points for thought)

Liz talks about social conditioning and the “reasons” behind discriminatory pay, (Woman wouldn’t know what to do with and do not need so much money) and how this is still embedded in us in a strange way (even in the woman) I was not aware of the root of this problem - or should I say the “reasoning” behind the difference.

I would have thought that it had much more to do with the womans roll as mother and main care giver - employers are prepared to invest less in women - even if she doesn’t have children in the event of her suddenly taking off to go and get herself a family….

Giving the matter some second thought - maybe Liz does have a point about the social conditioning - in fact, it is intertwined with the motherhood/caregiver factor.

I find that her points are no less annoying than my previous thoughts on the matter - It really is nobodies business what woman do with the money after they earn it - and who is to say who needs what? and if she doesn’t want I giant aquarium she shouldn’t make millions?

Sounds a bit to socialistic for a purely capitalistic society…