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From: linda@amdcad.UUCP (Linda Seltzer)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: A new form of institutionalized bigotry(really underpaid secs)
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 12:05:48 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  9 12:05:48 1985
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Summary: Why women choose secretarial jobs

> I've been wondering for a while WHY secretaries are so underpaid, yet  there
> is  never  a  shortage  of secretaries.  It's not an easy job (I couldn't do
> it), it doesn't pay well enough to support one person, in many places  there

It used to be that people wouldn't hire a woman for anything else.  Some
women don't know that so many other options are available to them, and
they don't have the self confidence to take a chance and try something
else.  Now that many former secretaries have gooten better-paying
jobs, some of the people in those jobs are VERY unskilled.  It is
very difficult to find competent secretarial help how.  Many good
secretaries are promoted to the position of executive secretary, and
the pay for such positions is often quite high.