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I don’t think it’s good for feminism that ending sexism is seen as something without direct benefits for men, when…
I disagree. I do think there are ways that men are hurt by sexism that have no equivalent in your…
Speaking as a man I would never join an organisation that focuses on men's issues. To do so would be…
Why are there no dedicated left orgs like that? In the UK there's the Men and Boys Coalition. In the…
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Category Archives: Gender and the Economy
Occupational segregation remains huge
Quoted with permission from The Economic Emergence of Women, by Barbara R. Bergmann (second edition, Palgrave, forthcoming in 2005) I have compiled a table that takes the 357 occupations reported on by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2002, and … Continue reading
Posted in Gender and the Economy
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Must be a male with Republican stripes
From a column in today’s Washington Post: Job Alert! There’s an excellent job opportunity at media giant Viacom International Inc., which owns CBS among other things, judging from an e-mail we just got from Gail MacKinnon, Viacom vice president for … Continue reading
Posted in Gender and the Economy
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This and that and the other
New to the blogroll: The Secret of This Girl, an enjoyable blog by a british feminist. Speaking of the blogroll, I’ve cleaned it up a bit and made many changes in the past several days (deleting dead blogs, adding new … Continue reading
Posted in Gender and the Economy, Link farms
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File Under: Depressing, but not surprising
Women make up a greater percentage of the global work force than ever before, but many make so little money they can barely survive, the United Nations said. A report released Friday by the International Labor Organization said women now … Continue reading
Posted in Gender and the Economy, International issues
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Some Evidence of Discrimination (wage gap series, part 9)
(This is one of a series of posts on the wage gap.) In this post, I’ll address a very simple question: what evidence is there that economic discrimination against women currently exists in the USA? Reading the works of conservatives … Continue reading
Myth: If women really got paid less for similar work, then employers would replace all of the male workers with female workers (wage gap series, part 8)
(This is one of a series of posts on the wage gap.) On page 16 of the anti-feminist economics handbook Women’s Figures, the authors explain that “if women were only paid seventy-four cents on a man’s dollar, then a firm … Continue reading
The Wage Gap Series, so far
Different ways of measuring the pay gap Trends in the Wage Gap What Causes the Wage Gap? Myth: The pay gap only exists because men work so many more hours than women. The Motherhood Myth Myth: The pay gap only … Continue reading
Myth: The best way to measure the pay gap is to consider only the young and the childless (wage gap series, part 7)
(This is one of a series of posts on the wage gap.) So suppose you want to look at the wage gap. The best thing to do is to consider only what happens to young workers without children, right? This … Continue reading
Myth: The pay gap only exists because women haven’t been in the workplace as long as men (wage gap series, part 6)
(This is one of a series of posts on the wage gap.) This is a very common argument. In this view, the pay gap is only still around because women only recently entered the workforce; as such, women haven’t had … Continue reading
The Motherhood Myth (wage gap series, part 5)
(This is one of a series of posts on the wage gap.) Myth: The pay gap only exists because women take time off from work to raise kids. This is a common belief, especially among anti-feminists. Typical is Patricia Hausman’s … Continue reading
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