Kevin Gowen wrote:
> John W. wrote:
> 
>> Not as good as some, but interesting to me.
>> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?rc20040801a1.htm
>>
>> I particularly like this:
>>
>> "So why are women not equally represented in the workforce? Perhaps
>> it's because they are smarter. Who is it that is being shoved and
>> crammed into a tight, hot train in the morning? Who is working
>> 60-plus-hour weeks without overtime pay? Who is so exhausted from a
>> day's work that all they can do when they get home is pass out in
>> front of the TV with a beer in hand? Of course there are exceptions,
>> but it's mostly men."
>>
>> Yes... it's intelligence that keeps women from having wage and
>> lifestyle equality.
> 
> 
> I don't know about Japan, but in the US women make about 75% as much as 
> men because they work about 75% as much as men, 1600 hours a year 
> (average woman) to 2100 hours a year (average man).
> 
> If women really got paid less than men for doing the same work, why 
> would an employer ever hire a man?
> 
That's how I see it, though I suppose the response would be "sexism."

John W.