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Warpy

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1. The only reason women have seemed to close the gap

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Thu Apr 24, 2014, 07:20 PM

Apr 2014

between 59% to 77% is because men's wages have fallen so much since the early 70s.

Americans need a raise, especially female Americans who more and more are spending part of their children's lives as working mothers.

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Will the gender wage gap ever close? [View all] davidn3600 Apr 2014 OP

The only reason women have seemed to close the gap Warpy Apr 2014 #1

No oldhippie Apr 2014 #2

We certainly could fix it. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #3

False assumption BainsBane Apr 2014 #5

Sure. Igel Apr 2014 #6

Sweden is NOT the same as the US. BainsBane Apr 2014 #4

I think the point is that traditional ideas to combat this are failing davidn3600 Apr 2014 #9

I disagree that it's failed laundry_queen Apr 2014 #11

We are talking about averages though... davidn3600 Apr 2014 #12

Not as long as MRA's keep crying oppression... Ohio Joe Apr 2014 #7

Two lines of attack BainsBane Apr 2014 #8

A few points on this: laundry_queen Apr 2014 #10