Or does it hurt your ego so much to admit that a woman should be paid the same as a man for the same job?
#42 | Posted by Corky
I've known women who work in fields typically male, like a telephone line worker. Some can handle it, but most wouldn't even want to climb a pole and string line. I use this woman as an example because after 16 years of doing that job she put in for a disability discharge and retraining. Too many stress injuries according to her. But maybe growing up on a ranch in Wyoming didn't condition her for real life and hard work.
I had a girlfriend who worked in a foundry. She had muscles like a weight lifter because she spent most of day lifting things that were heavy. It was cool when she was in her twenties but by the time she hit 40 she was looking for anything else, even if it paid less.
Both of these women received the same wage as the men they worked with.
I also know women who hunt deer. But they don't carry a 30-06 because can't handle the weight and recoil comfortably.
It's called leverage, upper body strength, muscle mass.
Employers do take advantage of their employees, and they don't always reward their people fairly or equally. But that isn't always based in racism or sexism.
What is utterly disingenuous is to compare the aggregate income for men and women because of the differences in employment, experience, and skill.
This fallacy gains voice from actresses who complain when they only receive $10 million for a flick when the male lead gets $25 million. Or from various womens' magazines that promote this issue as one of their crusades when they know the facts don't support it. But it does sell to the naive of both sexes.
Of course Corky - being a pre-op feminist - and a salesperson - thinks he's being chivalrous by carrying the party line. My disgust for both Clintons makes me a misogynist but not a misandrist, despite the fact that I hate everyone. LOL
