Women Still Earned 77 Cents On Men's Dollar In 2012: Report

[boston bean]

Women still earned only 77 cents for every dollar that men earned in 2012, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

In 2012, the median earnings of American women working full time year-round were $37,791. American men earned a median income of $49,398. The gender wage gap has hovered at about 77 cents on the dollar since 2007.

Women are also lagging behind men in terms of re-employment after the recession. The number of men working full time year-round increased by 1 million between 2011 and 2012, while the number of full-time working women remained close to the same.

Within some minority groups, the wage gap is even worse: African-American women earn 69 cents for every dollar paid to African-American men, and Latinas earn just 58 cents on the dollar compared to Latino men. The disparity grows wider when these women are compared to non-Hispanic white men.

studies show women are paid less even when they are in the same job and have the same experience as their male counterparts. The 2012 report by the American Association of University Women found that after controlling for occupation, college major, hours worked, employment sector and other factors related to a person's pay, the gender wage gap shrunk but did not entirely disappear.

"About one-third of the gap cannot be explained by any of the factors commonly understood to affect earnings, indicating that other factors that are more difficult to identify -- and likely more difficult to measure -- contribute to the pay gap," that report said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/gender-wage-gap_n_3941180.html

Don't be fooled by what you read on the intertubes....

[ismnotwasm]

1. I saw that ridiculous thread

Like Melinda Gates represents the typical women. And we won't even start on the economic discrepancies of women of color. Heads would explode. Things are improving but that because of evil harpy feminists.

[boston bean]

2. Squinch did a fantastic job with that. I'm really appreciative of the effort,

cause it takes a lot of time and a lot of attention to a thread to get the points across.

Magnificent job!!

[ismnotwasm]

3. True that

Some of the responses were----disappointing. I don't have patience for that kind of thing usually. I'm at work anyway.

[cinnabonbon]

4. Agreed

Squinch kicked ass with their attention to detail in that thread. It was fun to read.