Why oh why do women keep having to have this discussion in the U.S.????

[auntishouse]

If a woman is doing the same kind of work as a man, why the hell can't she paid the same money the man is paid? We shouldn't have to keep reminding people that women who do the same kind of work as a man, deserve to be paid accordingly. How many more generations until equal pay for equal work is an accepted norm?

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[mollywog]

Sadly, I have a feeling that there are too many women that used to claim they're doing equal work but really didn't, which makes it harder on all of us.
I've been on both sides of the spectrum. I had a job years ago when I really really didn't get paid equally for doing equal work, I've had jobs where I got paid much more than males did for the same work because I was just better... heh.
I think it'll probably take at least another 15-20 years for women to overcome stuff that happened in the 60s when a lot of women were entering the work force in positions that were non-tradiational at the time for women. There were just too many women back then that would take jobs that required physical labor that would literally make the men do certain things for fear of breaking a nail or something.
Ugh.