42% of all statistics are made up on the spot. In order to pass the Lily L Act, lobbyists compared all full time female salaries with all full time male salaries. They did not account for positions and used, either, 30 or 32 hours to qualify as full time. Therefore, because women tend to dominate jobs that don't pay as much and are less risky, and, due to individual choices, tend to work less hours on average (keep in mind, according to the study, a female working 32 hours in an office job is treated as equal to a male working a 40 hour week in a different, statistically more probable, higher paying job), and more women leave the work force early and have more interruptions in their career than men, it is more like comparing apples to oranges. If you want to argue that women are more subject to sexual harassment or might have to rely on looks to advance, that is an argument that I might agree with...However, interesting how so many refused to be outraged over the ultimate in sexual harassment...when the most powerful man in the world used his position to coerce a female into sex...oh wait, that was a private matter and none of our business.
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