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[indagda]

The NY Times has a really interesting graph showing the wage gap between women and men for a large variety for jobs.  It really kind of shocks me that this still exists and not because I don't believe it, I just can't understand why it happens and why business continues to perpetuate this difference.  The reasons (read: excuses) are no doubt

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[mirax80]

Yeah.... I hate this world. When I was living with my old roommate Jeff, we worked for the same company. We were listed as the same type of "sales" person. He made AT LEAST $5000 - $7000 MORE than me! I had been working for the company at least 2 years longer than he had been. I know this because he talked on the phone very loudy to other friends and boasted about how much he made per month. The best I ever got was a 50 CENT raise from the dam company (after 5 years I finally quit). I swear he got a raise like every 6 months, and he would get like $1 more per hour from every raise.

And one day I was working on paying some bills -and I was talking to someone on how I couldn't pay all my bills that month because I didn't make enough money. Jeff was wondering why I didn't have any money, and I flat out told them that Ritz sucked and I only make $xx,xxx per year. He just point blank looked at me and said, "wow, I make $x,xxx More than you per year? It must suck to be you." He was a fucktard.

/rant

[indagda]

That is really crappy. I really should not be surprised, but I am. I can't fathom as to why this would go down this way, but it does. And very clearly this needs to stop.