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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
This is anecdotal, but my sister was employed as an accountant at a law firm in a major city in the US. A guy was hired at the exact same time she was. Same position. She was better qualified (more education, more work experience). She found out that he made $10,000 more than she. She inquired as to why and was told that he made more because he had a family to support (she was single at the time).
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Okay, good -- that's a real example. And obviously wrong, evil, illegal, etc.
But I've read some of the more elaborate discussions about the claimed huge differential between men and women "in the same jobs," and they are grossly overstating what equates "the same jobs."
To give one example -- before Mrs. Finch stopped working, I was making probably four times her salary. Both lawyers, both from good schools, she a year senior to me and probably did better in school. But I went to a corporate type firm, she went to a plaintiffs' civil rights firm. I worked 30% more hours than her, easily. Are these the same jobs?
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