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CLICK HERE AND SCROLL DOWN FOR THE VIDEO (and cringe):

http://www.businessinsider.com/miss-utah-response-to-final-question-2013-6

I walked into the room yesterday and saw my 19 year old daughter had this on TV. I asked her why she was watching...she answered “ I want to see how dumb they are”

Beauty is only skin deep...

And in this case she missed a perfect opportunity to speak Utahnics. Hat tip to Wes Clark. http://wesclark.com/ubn/utahnics.html

As with Ebonics, people who speak Utahnics are genetically pre-disposed to do so. Therefore, I am convinced that we must allocate funds to teach Utahnics to non-natives. I have included a few Utahnics phrases below to illustrate the magnitude of the problem.

“djeet?” (”Did you eat?”)
“lawnmore” (lawn mower)
“leafblore” (leaf blower)
“cha” (You)
“ain’tcha?” (Aren’t you?)
“dcha?” (Did you?)
“djew?” (”Did you?”, Panguitch version)
“squeet” (”Let’s go eat)
“Lardy, Darthy, that’s a gargeous ahrange farmal!” (”Lordy, Dorothy, that’s a gorgeous orange formal!”)

Here is a typical Utahnics conversation:
LaVerl: “Djeet yet?”
LaVell: “No, djew?”
LaVar: “Squeet!”

Why does the writer assume this is an "easy" question? Is there one obviously "correct" answer? The "liberal" answer, of course, is that our patriarchal society still discriminates against women by paying them less than men for the same work.

The actual answer, however, is more complex. First of all, we have a high rate of divorce, with many single mothers running families. Also, as women enter the work force in large numbers, many will and do earn more than their husbands, even if the overall average earnings for women is lower. Secondly, many women pursue careers in fields with relatively low salary scales, i.e., the service sector of the economy. Thirdly, many women take time off for childbearing, which depresses their lifetime income.

On the other hand, there are now more women than men in college and more women than men earning advanced degrees. Most jobs do not discriminate between men and women when determining salary; there is a stated, advertized wage or salary regardless of who gets the position. So, in that sense, there is little discrimination between men and women in determining wages.

You could argue, I suppose, that some jobs pay low wages because they were historically held by women, at a time when women were not considered the primary breadwinner, and that the wages in these areas have not changed with the times. But that raises the question of whether there is an "objective" way of determining what the wages should be in a particular field. This is, of course, a matter of dispute.

Another interesting question is whether the mass entry of women into the post-1960s workforce was by necessity or by choice. At any rate, it represented a vast social change and the effects are still being worked out. One result of this change is likely to be a concentration of more of the best jobs into fewer families, as educated men tend to marry educated women, and when both work, both will presumably acquire well-paying jobs.

Another factor is illegal immigration, which arguably depresses wages in entry-level or service-sector jobs, precisely those areas where a higher percentage of women than men seek employment.

Oh, what was the question again?

Think Kelly Bundy.