Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!chabot@miles.DEC (All God's chillun got guns) From: chabot@miles.DEC (All God's chillun got guns) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Re: A new form of institutionalized bigotry(really underpaid secs) Message-ID: <3690@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 10:12:57 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3690 Posted: Fri Aug 16 10:12:57 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 01:29:20 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Palo Alto, CA Lines: 16 > > L S Chabot decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot chabot%amber.dec@decwrl.arpa > > 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 > is virtually no hope for advancement. Added to that they are practically > indispensible. Why do so many women stay in the field? > > How does such an important job rate such a flagrantly low wage? In the city > there is no way a secretary can pay an apartment rent. Do high school > guidance counselors channel women into secretarial programs or do they > choose them themselves? HEY!! I didn't say this!! L S Chabot decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot chabot%amber.dec@decwrl.arpa