First of all, you mean a “cop out,” not a “cough out.” More importantly, having laws means nothing if they cannot be enforced. Who is enforcing those laws?And the reality is that a glass ceiling exists. Ask any woman trying to get to the executive ranks. And since I work with that level, I promise you it is real. There is still tokenism on corporate boards (“we need a woman. Get a black one, if you can, so we can deal with that diversity issue, too.”).
“The 23-cent gender pay gap is simply the difference between the average earnings of all men and women working full-time. It does not account for differences in occupations, positions, education, job tenure, or hours worked per week. When all these relevant factors are taken into consideration, the wage gap narrows to about five cents.”Good link, pointing out that the gap between men & women doing the same work, is much smaller. There are still places where old habits die hard & women are discriminated against, both in salary & opportunities for promotion. Women make less, even when they graduate with the same major, going into the same job, right out of college. That gap persists through their careers. You can’t blame anyone for wondering why that is.The article dismisses problems women face entering male dominated professions. Talk to the few women in engineering & tech, & you’ll realize there’s a reason why many stay away from those fields. The other question, is why are professions devalued when women start to be the majority? For example, medical specialties where there are more women, have lower pay. It can’t all be explained away.
Now, I don’t know about the USA, but in the UK, two men can do the same work, have different job titles and earn different amounts. I once had the same job as another guy but because he had a degree in chemistry (which wasn’t necessary for the work we did) he earned a lot more than I did..I also worked in a place where there were so many IT staff, that did the same work and all had a different salary.
@martens – in what universe do you live??? Have you looked at how many women are currently CEOs of major corporations? GM, IBM, etc. just to name a couple. They are also showing themselves to be just as greedy and ruthless as the men they replaced!!! Extract head from ther leftist poiliticians.
@Harleyquinn – right you are. People forget that out UNglorious non-leader aand his walk wo steps behind wife are both lawyers themselves and when it comes to spending, why its a bottomless pit of taxpayers money.
The following two quotes are from a 2009 study commissioned by the U.S. Department of labor.“There are observable differences in the attributes of men and women that account for most of the wage gap. Statistical analysis that includes those variables has produced results that collectively account for between 65.1 and 76.4 percent of a raw gender wage gap of 20.4 percent, and thereby leave an adjusted gender wage gap that is between 4.8 and 7.1 percent.”“However, despite these gains the raw wage gap continues to be used in misleading ways to advance public policy agendas without fully explaining the reasons behind the gap.”http://www.consad.com/content/reports/Gender%20Wage%20Gap%20Final%20Report.pdfOnce again Obama and his minions are lying to the people in order to secure votes from the ignorant.
“The moderators should ban you from the go comics site.”Well, in his defense, he wasn’t attacking anyone here & he didn’t post a picture.Or maybe that word refers to something else in K.C.??
Poor Matt Davies with this strip shows he doesn’t understand economics.
Let us look at this. He feels supposedly that everyone should make the same for the same work. It is true they should.
Now is it the government’s place to tell businesses they have to pay everyone equally? No that is a bad idea.
If you have to pay everyone equally and no one could work for less then that amount how then would women be hired in a company run by a sexist woman hater? If the owner is not penalized by having to pay more for men when women would work for less then why hire women?
Look it goes along with minimum wage. Some people aren’t worth $7.25 an hour so they don’t get hired. If you want a job and a place has to decide between you and another one of the best ways to get a job is to agree to less pay. Sure you may think that is unfair to the one taking less pay then the next canidate but the next guy actually doesn’t get anything since he wasn’t hired and you were.
Poor Matt Davies with this strip shows he doesn’t understand economics.
Let us look at this. He feels supposedly that everyone should make the same for the same work. It is true they should.
Now is it the government’s place to tell businesses they have to pay everyone equally? No that is a bad idea.
If you have to pay everyone equally and no one could work for less then that amount how then would women be hired in a company run by a sexist woman hater? If the owner is not penalized by having to pay more for men when women would work for less then why hire women?
Look it goes along with minimum wage. Some people aren’t worth $7.25 an hour so they don’t get hired. If you want a job and a place has to decide between you and another one of the best ways to get a job is to agree to less pay. Sure you may think that is unfair to the one taking less pay then the next canidate but the next guy actually doesn’t get anything since he wasn’t hired and you were.
Theodore E. Lind Premium Member about 10 years ago
Yes, but it is a great issue when running against conservatives who clearly feel a woman’s place is in the kitchen or the bedroom.
Motivemagus about 10 years ago
First of all, you mean a “cop out,” not a “cough out.” More importantly, having laws means nothing if they cannot be enforced. Who is enforcing those laws?And the reality is that a glass ceiling exists. Ask any woman trying to get to the executive ranks. And since I work with that level, I promise you it is real. There is still tokenism on corporate boards (“we need a woman. Get a black one, if you can, so we can deal with that diversity issue, too.”).
Uncle Joe Premium Member about 10 years ago
“The 23-cent gender pay gap is simply the difference between the average earnings of all men and women working full-time. It does not account for differences in occupations, positions, education, job tenure, or hours worked per week. When all these relevant factors are taken into consideration, the wage gap narrows to about five cents.”Good link, pointing out that the gap between men & women doing the same work, is much smaller. There are still places where old habits die hard & women are discriminated against, both in salary & opportunities for promotion. Women make less, even when they graduate with the same major, going into the same job, right out of college. That gap persists through their careers. You can’t blame anyone for wondering why that is.The article dismisses problems women face entering male dominated professions. Talk to the few women in engineering & tech, & you’ll realize there’s a reason why many stay away from those fields. The other question, is why are professions devalued when women start to be the majority? For example, medical specialties where there are more women, have lower pay. It can’t all be explained away.
pcolli about 10 years ago
Now, I don’t know about the USA, but in the UK, two men can do the same work, have different job titles and earn different amounts. I once had the same job as another guy but because he had a degree in chemistry (which wasn’t necessary for the work we did) he earned a lot more than I did..I also worked in a place where there were so many IT staff, that did the same work and all had a different salary.
Don Winchester Premium Member about 10 years ago
A strip like this only panders to the low-information crowd that declines to find out the facts for themselves…i.e. Obama voters…
pcolli about 10 years ago
Your president doesn’t actually pay any salaries. His employers do.
jeffcollier about 10 years ago
Hey. The 60’s called. They’d like their laws enforced, instead of presidents mugging for votes in the midterm elections.
RabbitHole about 10 years ago
@martens – in what universe do you live??? Have you looked at how many women are currently CEOs of major corporations? GM, IBM, etc. just to name a couple. They are also showing themselves to be just as greedy and ruthless as the men they replaced!!! Extract head from ther leftist poiliticians.
RabbitHole about 10 years ago
@Harleyquinn – right you are. People forget that out UNglorious non-leader aand his walk wo steps behind wife are both lawyers themselves and when it comes to spending, why its a bottomless pit of taxpayers money.
JimmyM01 about 10 years ago
The following two quotes are from a 2009 study commissioned by the U.S. Department of labor.“There are observable differences in the attributes of men and women that account for most of the wage gap. Statistical analysis that includes those variables has produced results that collectively account for between 65.1 and 76.4 percent of a raw gender wage gap of 20.4 percent, and thereby leave an adjusted gender wage gap that is between 4.8 and 7.1 percent.”“However, despite these gains the raw wage gap continues to be used in misleading ways to advance public policy agendas without fully explaining the reasons behind the gap.”http://www.consad.com/content/reports/Gender%20Wage%20Gap%20Final%20Report.pdfOnce again Obama and his minions are lying to the people in order to secure votes from the ignorant.
Uncle Joe Premium Member about 10 years ago
“The moderators should ban you from the go comics site.”Well, in his defense, he wasn’t attacking anyone here & he didn’t post a picture.Or maybe that word refers to something else in K.C.??
SABRSteve about 10 years ago
Even Eleanor Clift says Obama’s not being honest with the numbers.
William Bednar Premium Member about 10 years ago
Wow! That’s an awfully high starting salary for Women!!How about $2.35 per. hour? That sounds much more reasonable!
oneoldhat about 10 years ago
the sign belong at the white house
wmcqueen about 10 years ago
both numbers are way below minimum wage
tigerwolf28 about 10 years ago
Poor Matt Davies with this strip shows he doesn’t understand economics.
Let us look at this. He feels supposedly that everyone should make the same for the same work. It is true they should.
Now is it the government’s place to tell businesses they have to pay everyone equally? No that is a bad idea.
If you have to pay everyone equally and no one could work for less then that amount how then would women be hired in a company run by a sexist woman hater? If the owner is not penalized by having to pay more for men when women would work for less then why hire women?
Look it goes along with minimum wage. Some people aren’t worth $7.25 an hour so they don’t get hired. If you want a job and a place has to decide between you and another one of the best ways to get a job is to agree to less pay. Sure you may think that is unfair to the one taking less pay then the next canidate but the next guy actually doesn’t get anything since he wasn’t hired and you were.
tigerwolf28 about 10 years ago
Poor Matt Davies with this strip shows he doesn’t understand economics.
Let us look at this. He feels supposedly that everyone should make the same for the same work. It is true they should.
Now is it the government’s place to tell businesses they have to pay everyone equally? No that is a bad idea.
If you have to pay everyone equally and no one could work for less then that amount how then would women be hired in a company run by a sexist woman hater? If the owner is not penalized by having to pay more for men when women would work for less then why hire women?
Look it goes along with minimum wage. Some people aren’t worth $7.25 an hour so they don’t get hired. If you want a job and a place has to decide between you and another one of the best ways to get a job is to agree to less pay. Sure you may think that is unfair to the one taking less pay then the next canidate but the next guy actually doesn’t get anything since he wasn’t hired and you were.
hugewolf about 10 years ago
Nice comic on a myth. I always thought it was a job inequality, not pay.