Tonight we're hanging out in bed watching ESPN (read: one of us is propped upright with a laptop and one of us is staring intently at the television screen), and I came across an article which points out that women in Afghanistan earn $0.25 for each $1.00 that a man is paid.
Are you just as bothered by that figure as I am? If you are, then you'll be blown away by where I discovered The United States ranks.
For every dollar a man earns, a woman in his country makes:
$0.12 Palestine
$0.16 Saudi Arabia
$0.25 Afghanistan
$0.25 Jordan
$0.25 Lebanon
$0.25 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
$0.25 Morocco
$0.25 Oman
$0.25 Pakistan
$0.25 Syria
$0.25 Yemen
$0.77 The United States
$0.87 Mongolia
$0.90 Mozambique
I also feel compelled to mention that right at this very moment I'm watching five of the world's greatest golfers on television, all of whom I'll be seeing at The Players Championship PGA Golf Tournament this weekend. Do you think they bring home around the same pay as their LPGA counterparts?
I'm thinking of asking Tiger on Sunday.
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As a corporate ladder climbing type, I knew about the 77%. I actually thought it was 70%. After all of the protests I was involved in in the 70's and 80's fighting for the ERA, which of course never passed, I'm still floored that people offhandedly comment that of COURSE we have equality.
Riiigghhhttt.
Wow, it's kind of sad that Mozambique is that much higher than the US. These statistics are pretty sad. = /
I agree, from any standpoint, those numbers are sad .. Have fun at the PGA !
Whoa, whoa, L. I don't think that a quarter on a dollar is fair even if you've taken time off to raise the Duggar family, you know?
But forget about babies and third world countries for a second. In the United States there are more and more women who are the primary breadwinners for their families or are choosing not to have children at all who are still experiencing salary differences, I assure you. Seventy seven cents on the dollar seems to be a pretty conservative figure based on the numbers that you'll find in any gender studies textbook.
Still, as someone who's worked in the field of architecture, construction, and design for ten years I can tell you from a ground level perspective that some serious inequalities absolutely continue to exist in male dominated professions in our country.
L.
I worked all the way through my pregnancies, and raised TWO successful autistic boys on the way, with minimal time off. And consistently rank Number 1 in my field. My sons help all the time in Demo/repair on this house.
I'd like to say: bite me.
Can I have L's address?
DUDE, if I do the same job you do, PAY me. PERIOD. This is not a debate, a discussion, or a diatribe. Equal work. Equal pay. Write the check and shut up. My ovaries are not a factor.
Play nice! (Says the girl who didn't raise two autistic kids while working full time. On a side note, a girlfriend of mine is trying to find a school for her son in South Florida who is also autistic, Sunny. Any recommendations?)
I knew that my comment would raise some hackles. Kelly, you're right, a quarter on the dollar is not fair. Fortunately for me, I work in a career field where I am paid equally with my male counterparts, so I haven't experienced that first hand. As for the statistics side of it, I have spent enough time looking at data to instantly question any statistics that provide no information on how the data was collected. It is just part of my nature, sorry.
Life in Rehab, I want to apologize. I do not believe you should earn less than anyone at your skill level just because you have children. I commend you for keeping up with your career field while raising two young boys.
Kelly, the Baudhuin School at Nova University is fantastic. They provide a terrific base, and a lot of the public schools have very tight follow up programs with tons of services. Sam is graduating from regular high school with straight A's, and Thom has a B at the same high school as a junior.
Thanks, Sunny! I'll pass that along. And congrats to your two boys!
*Just a note to everyone that the above comment was deleted by request of the contributor, not through moderation. I continue to encourage all opinions and points of view here.*
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