Are We There Yet? A Snap Shot on the Status of Working Women
Remember when you were a kid and went on long road trips? You kept asking your parents, “Are we there yet?” It seemed as though you would never arrive.
I get the same question in my gender consulting work and training programs. More important, I have received comments from frustrated women who ask me why people think women have “arrived” to parity in the workplace. It has almost become an invisible factor. No one talks about it and acts like all is well on the female front. Gender discrimination in everyday communication micro-inequities, pay gaps and leadership positions still exists.
According to the US Census figures from 2008, the most recent figures available, American women who work full time make 77 cents to every male dollar. Many people try to mediate that number by claiming women on the “mommy track” (women who take time off to raise children) and women who choose low paying jobs as the contributing factor to this income discrepancy.
Not true. Research again and again proves this claim wrong and unfounded. Case in point. Childless women make less than childless men and men with families. Additionally, Census figures show for the same jobs, women are still making less.
Finally, women earned less than men in 20 industries and 25 occupation groups from truck driving to office administration.
The largest retailer in the world, Wal-Mart, is feeling the sting. Female Wal-Mart workers are waiting their day in court for the nation’s largest class action lawsuit alleging sex discrimination in both pay and promotion.
Are we there yet? I don’t think so.
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THE POKER FACE: THE MALE ADVANTAGE - click here for article
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Audrey’s webinar January 20th on Code Switching: How
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Crying: The Gender Double Standard
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December 2010
Communication Strategies for New Year Resolutions
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December 2010
Raising Girls to take Risks
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