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[red_lynx]

Interesting read on the gender-salary gap and how aggression is perceived in women.

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[kitten_goddess]

How on earth were the women penalized for negotiating? By not getting the job? Any other penalties would be balanced by a bigger paycheck.

[pink_pet]

The times they are a-changing. According to this New York Times article, young women are now earning more than men in urban areas of the U.S.

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D13F83D540C708CDDA10894DF404482

So, move to an urban area.

As to the negotiating thing, I'm pretty sure I was started at a higher salary than the women in my office--almost all my coworkers are women. My manager, a woman, told me as much when we had my salary review a year after I started. She said I wasn't bringing in even revenue based on my salary, which was much higher than a person in my position usually gets. I just sort of looked at her with no idea how to respond. She was the one who'd agreed to pay me what I'd asked for.