Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site digi-g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!digi-g!brian From: brian@digi-g.UUCP (Merlyn Leroy) Newsgroups: net.women,net.politics,net.social Subject: Re: Discrimination against women and statistics Message-ID: <668@digi-g.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 10:04:33 EDT Article-I.D.: digi-g.668 Posted: Mon Jun 24 10:04:33 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 04:38:24 EDT References: <482@ttidcc.UUCP> <8203@ucbvax.ARPA><457@unc.UUCP> Reply-To: brian@digi-g.UUCP (brian) Organization: Digigraphic Systems Corp., Mpls, MN Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.women:6148 net.politics:9643 net.social:755 Summary: Frank Silbermann writes: >..women more often choose occupations which center around helping other people >and cooperating with them (teacher, nurse, secretary, social worker)... >Men more often find themselves in occupations which either isolate them >from other people, or pits them in anxiety-provoking competition. > >The fallacy of the equal-pay-for-equal-work idea is that it compares >only the paychecks and level of skill and training required. If we do not >also factor in the safety, pleasantness, and emotional effects of the job, >then this plan is likely to create more unfairness than it rectifies. This sounds fine, except nursing (and other health support occupations) are HIGHEST on the work-anxiety scale. Something about being around dying people. Merlyn Leroy