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From: djl@gitpyr.UUCP (Dave Lane)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Comparable worth
Message-ID: <494@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 12:49:35 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 25 12:49:35 1985
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In article <393@umcp-cs.UUCP> flink@maryland.UUCP (Paul V. Torek) writes:
>Actually, the fallacy of comparable worth is that it ignores -- I hate to
>say it -- supply and demand.  Supply:  especially, the regrettable facts
>that women choose "women's work" jobs because 1) it is considered "women's
>work", and thus social pressure moves women to take those jobs; 2) the
>jobs may be considered "better" because it is assumed, rightly or wrongly,
>that (e.g.) nursing serves humanity better than (e.g.) garbage collecting,
>and women may (probably due to our culture) value compassion more than men;
>3) girls are discouraged from certain subjects (math) and encouraged to
>do well in others; etc., etc., etc.
>
>Discrimination probably does cause part of the wage gap, but -- there must
>be a better way.
>			--Paul V. Torek, Iconbuster-in-chief

nursing is also considered better because you have to go to school for a 
minimun of two years and then pass a 3 day state board exam to get a license.
last i heard, you didn't have to do that to be a garbage collector. and
in most cases, nursing pays more, especially if you have a BSN (4 year
degree). of course, you also have to consider that nursing pay scales vary
much more regionally than sanitation jobs.

for what it's worth...

-- 
Dave Lane, User Assistant, Office of Computing Services,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia  30332

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