On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Sean Johnston wrote:
Laura,
Does the article say what they figure is going on? Some kind of
backlash, perhaps?
On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, H. Tytel wrote:
I can't speak for Laura, but most of what I've seen suggests that this is
the result of gender segregation in college and other post-High school
education - most new high-paying jobs
are in high tech or related fields (such as graphic design, etc.). WOmen
tend to study humanities, and to come out with little computer
training, so we don't qualify for these jobs.
At 09:58 AM 9/19/97 -0700, Denise Borgen wrote:
Admittedly, I came out of college with a History /Library Degree, and my
sister with Art/Teaching. We are both working in the computer field now
and where I have worked it is at least 50/50. I think the computer
field is so desperate for people that can actually produce that gender
prejudice is crumbling. I don't have any statistics but I suspect that
part of the drop in % is due to A) the Baby boomlet taking women out of
the market temporarily and /or dropping out of the fast track, and the
current backlash against feminism ( a backlash which may finally be
ending, I hope)
Well, I was browsing _The Mismeasure of Woman_ the other day at the
bookstore and the author claimed that the closing of the wage gap was due
not to women's rising salaries, but men's FALLING salaries (due to
downsizing, etc.). Perhaps now that the economy is recovering, men are
making back what they lost and the disparity is growing again.
-- Janice
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