[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[Ron Kulp]

[Arlo]
Women receive less because they are valued less. That's the market
reality. Same for any salary inequities.

[ron]
I feel this is a major issue yet no one really sees it as one. The
hipocracy of American idealism
Is seldom seen.


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:moq_discuss-bounces at moqtalk.org] On Behalf Of Arlo Bensinger
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:59 AM
To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
Subject: Re: [MD] Down the road of mediocrity

Ron,

Platt is not correct. Plain and simple. Do we pay smokers more than
non-smokers because we expect non-smokers to live (and thus work)
longer? Should I go upstairs and ask for a raise because I changed my
diet to cheeseburgers from salads? Or, like you correctly point out,
should Native Americans receive more pay because they have a lower life
expectancy?

More importantly, do we set a lower age for retirement for men than
women? I mean, if women are expected to live/work longer, retiring at
the same age would make that "annuity" bunk quite transparent. So we
demand that while men can start receiving retirement/SS at, say, age 65,
women are not allowed to collect until they turn 70.

Quite simply, Ron, you are correct. It _is_ discrimination. The
historical "justification" given to women receiving less pay has been
their "undependability" in running off and squeezing out puppies. But
even this is simply fabrication to justify discrimination when one
wonders if a woman tells her company she's had a hysterectomy if they
would up her salary. Do you think? Nope.

Women receive less because they are valued less. That's the market
reality. Same for any salary inequities.


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