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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: opportunities, women
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Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 17:40:09 EDT
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>  What exactly is cosmetic about equal pay for work of equal value?
>  I would certainly insist on being paid what my work is worth,
>  wouldn't you?

Do you really expect to convince a bureaucrat from the Ministry of
Economic Justice that you are more competent than a female ethnic
handicapped Francophone with similar *formal* qualifications... even
if you are?

Competence is much harder to assess than skin color or shape.  Who
can blame a bored civil servant for taking the easy way out?
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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