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Women's Wages Less Than Men

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 8, 2008

Women earn 78 cents for every dollar earned by men. Over the course of her career, the typical working woman loses almost a quarter of a million dollars in wages.

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Institute for Women’s Policy Research
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Gender Wage Gap Begins After Higher Education

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 8, 2008

A longitudinal study of male and female professionals found that the gender pay gap begins immediately after college, when women take first jobs that pay only 80 percent as much as men’s first jobs do, and continues throughout women’s lives--even though women earn higher college GPAs, are more likely to complete graduate work or advanced training, and spend about as much time at work as men do more »

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American Association of University Women
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Minority Women Face Large Economic Gap

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
August 28, 2008

For women of color, they earn about 60 cents for every dollar a white man makes.

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Institute for Women’s Policy Research
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Universal patterns within cultural diversity: Patriarchy makes men crazy

By Robert Jensen
July 8, 2008

Islamabad, Pakistan – Some lessons learned while spending time in a different culture come from paying attention to the wide diversity in how we humans arrange ourselves socially. Equally crucial lessons come from seeing patterns in how people behave similarly in similar situations, even in very different cultural contexts. more »

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Charles Knight
Hometown: Cambridge, MA
Interests: Progressive Vision, Feminism, gender, military policy, security, strategy
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