> J wrote:
>
> > Both sexes CHOOSE the work they do; therefore, women CHOOSE to make
> > less than men by CHOOSING not to work in high-paying fields.
>
> If folks were getting paid equal pay for equal work of equal value,
> there would be no problem with the choice of work.  The sexism
involved
> in the valuation of work may be the problem.

Totally bullshit. This equalization of pay BS has been disproven
constantly. Secretaries make less than truck drivers because more
people want to be secretaries. Engineers are paid better than some with
a B.S. degree in sociology, because fewer people are qualified to be an
engineer. The free market operates on supply and demand, that is not
sexism.

>
> > Equal rights does not mean the right to bring the home to the
> > workplace.
>
> Well, for many women...the workplace IS the home.  For others there
are
> often day care centers, and even DADDYS use them.

Stay-at-home moms do not have a traditional workplace. They are simply
unemployed by choice. Then they decide to enter the workplace after 4
years of being a stay-at-home mom and expect to make as much as the men
that were orginally their contemparies, that now have 4 more years of
experience. And that is subverting the issue anyway.

What weak arguments. Hey, should you get paid the same as a surgeon for
delivering pizza?



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