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In reply to the discussion: Is Rachel Maddow sincere? [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)My wife has worked in high tech for the last 20 years. We've had three kids and each time, she took basic maternity leave, 6 weeks.
During those 20 years, her male counterparts have always made more than she has. On 2 occasions, she has been asked to become the "acting director" of a large organization, no promotion, no pay raise. And then a male crony of the skip level gets the position.
She was asked to be "acting general manager" for a division at a large tech company, even though she was 2 levels down the chain. She ran it for about a year. Again, a man got the position. And he knew nothing about the business. She left, and 2 years later, that division collapsed.
Recently, her company asked her to lead their most strategic product line. She'd just saved a product area that was on its death bed. The men who lead the other product lines are 2 levels above her.
If you try to tell her that women don't make as much as men because of they take leave to have children, or for some other nonsensical reason, she will knock your head right off your shoulders.
Women know the reality. You (or Republicans) trying to tell them that they don't REALLY know the reality won't change that.