Just giving you a little grief, ML.

uhm, earth to andy, this wasn’t even proposed in any sort of legislature unless i’m reading that article incorrectly? it was just one economists idea…?

thank god i don’t work there anymore…

If there were any justice, an organ grinder’s monkey would make more than Larry Pogemiller.

It is my feeling that promotions should go to the most qualified, hardest working individuals. If I take an extended leave to raise a family or go back part-time, I do not expect the same compensation as somebody who has worked harder and gained more experience than I. Corporate America’s primary responsibility is to the shareholders, they are the owners of the Corporation. Their goal is the long range profitability of the company. If somebody is willing to give his/her life to help attain the long range plans of a firm, then absolutely yes, they should be compensated for that.

As the Lady Logician implies above, those of us who want work/life balance and understand economics accept that fact. I know that I could make more money, but I would lose the flexibility that I now have to pick up my son, go on field trips, etc. And maybe more women in general do make her family her priority. But at the end of the day, we are all compensated for the level of effort we put forth.

Talking points aside, there is a big reason for the so-called pay gap. Women like ME….3 years ago I left a full time job where I was making high 5 figures in order to be home more with my teen age Junior Logician. I am making less than half of what I was making but my current job has the flexibility that allows me to work at home on in-service days or snow days are juggle my hours around so that I can take time off to go on field trips and the like. Yes, I could (and would) be making much more if I were working full time (I was making more than my male counterparts BTW) within my industry, but I am more fulfilled now than I was then and THAT is more important than the money.

People like me are what skews the numbers which is why the gender pay gap is a FALLICY!

LL

Let me ask you social engineers a question.

Should Tarryl. Clark make more that Larry Pogemiller?

I’m also saying that where there is a gender gap it usually isn’t due to discrimination but other factors and choices made.

Right now college enrollment is 60-40 female. Is that a gender gap? You could say so. Is it one that needs to be closed? I don’t think so. It’s probably just that college appeals to a higher percentage of women than men, while alternatives such as trade schools, trade work or self-employment might appeal to a higher percentage of males.

While the genders are equal under the law and should be treated as such, they are not THE SAME and will not make the same choices as a generality. We seem to have no trouble acknowledging the differences in field of relationships (Men are from Mars…, et al), but we pretend those diffences don’t exist and effect behavior in other areas. Larry Summers was skewered for suggesting just that.

or if you do, that it’s because of some other reason than just male vs. female, which obviously can’t be true…

i realize it’s not all cut and dry here, trust me, but the fact still remains, is it happens, even without some other outside factor like you describe above, and that’s what i’m getting at… that’s what needs to be eliminated in the next 10 years (or should have been in the 70’s and 80’s)