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To: neverdem

B.S. Pure B.S.

This has been researched so many times and proven to be a lot of crap.

When relevant experience and education are factored in, there is no statistical difference in salaries.

And in some fields, like engineering, women actually make MORE because the companies have quotas to fill so they are more in demand.


30 posted on 08/07/2011 7:51:14 PM PDT by webstersII
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To: webstersII; xzins; All

this is absolutely correct:

“B.S. Pure B.S.

This has been researched so many times and proven to be a lot of crap.

When relevant experience and education are factored in, there is no statistical difference in salaries.

And in some fields, like engineering, women actually make MORE because the companies have quotas to fill so they are more in demand.”
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further, just as people ignore the reality of “The Bell Curve”, there IS also such an effect for women.

first, there are MORE very low IQ men than women. fact.
but, there are also more very HIGHT IQ men than women.

men have a flatter, wider IQ distribution than women.
so, in their “bell curve”, there are more on each end.

also, women ARE better at certain tasks, memory test, imagery, multi-tasking.
but, men are also better at certain tasks that require tighter focus. which helps in many sciences.

a perfect example, is Chess. even in countries with equal rights for women, like Russia and Europe, there are almost ZERO Chess Grandmasters.

WHY?

Chess has no luck element. Doesn’t require fancy equipment.
You win or you don’t.

Why the HUGE HUGE HUGE disparity in success by gender???

There ARE more men with sub-80 I.Q.’s than women.
There ARE fewer women with 150+ I.Q.s than men.

(and some of those women, DO prefer to have a family.
which further increases the disparity in total numbers!)

and there are real differences between the brains of men and women. (like women have a BIGGER corpus callosium than men. which helps explain their better multi-tasking and intuition.)
but other mental tasks (like Chess) are better suited to men.


32 posted on 08/07/2011 8:08:31 PM PDT by Elendur (It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: webstersII

If any employer could hire women and have them do the same job as well as a man for a lot less money, they would do so and kill the competition. The whole thing is bogus.


34 posted on 08/07/2011 8:42:02 PM PDT by driftless2
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