Posted on 05/01/2015 8:40:36 AM PDT by rktman
The most effective way to ensure women get paid as much as men is for women to be prepared to “work harder” and seize any opportunities that may come their way, actress Stacey Dash told TV host Meredith Vieira on Wednesday. One tactic that is not useful, Dash said, is complaining and making excuses.
“I feel like it’s an excuse. It’s the same thing with race. It’s an excuse. Stop making excuses. If there are opportunities, be prepared for them — and be the best if that’s what it takes. If you have be extraordinary, then be extraordinary.”
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It seems that some of the pay disparity comes from women not always working a full 12 months as men do. The time they take off to have children and the work they miss to care for them may play a part in earning lower wages. And if you’re not there the whole time, you might not go after more responsibility or you have co-workers picking up the slack once you’re on leave. I don’t know.
I’m thinkin’ the desire to succeed may be a key factor. For me, I was nearly always early and had no issue staying late, working weekends, working whatever shift they needed me to. Worked for me. Moved from a lowly labor grade 7 tech to eventually being classified as a senior field engineer. I also encountered some ladies who were highly motivated and also advanced their careers due to their efforts.
Reasons why women don’t make as much by comparison:
1. More women go to college, but fewer female college graduates than male take jobs that require college.
2. Higher paying skilled labor jobs that show a marked increase in pay with experience and a correlation to business ownership (plumber, electrician, welder, steel worker) are almost uniformly ignored by women, while the jobs that pay the least with the flattest increase for experience (retail, receptionist) are heavily female. Women have an advantage in healthcare.
3. Significant periods out of the work force or working part time, put many women behind men who started at the same time.
4. Women don’t tend to demand more money, even when they are doing a better job than a man in the exact same position and office. This hurts them, because you only get a raise when the boss thinks they have to give you one.
5. Women are less inclined to switch jobs simply for the money.
Sparking firs?!?
No wonder the Leftists are angry - have they thrown blood on her yet?
“I will guarantee you that Ms Dash gets paid FAR more for wearing that outfit than I would!”
Inequality, dammit!
LOL! Sorry, the header was too long and had to be cut off someplace.
It was shocking to me as a young feminist, but the babies come first - always. : )
No doubt.
Actually, another big reason is that women look for and hang on to job security -- non-competitive employment that offers health care benefits, often in gubmin, and those are often lacking in upward movement, whatever their package of bennies may be. Married or not, a woman with one or more children will not change jobs without a clear-cut economic reason to do so. Married women will take such jobs and carry the (heavily subsidized) health insurance for the entire family.
Obamacare, if not repealed, will not result in more female employment, but a disincentive to work outside the home.
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