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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:39 PM Original message |
'The Gender Pay Gap' - "Unmarried women earn only 56 cents for every dollar married men earn" |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's one way they sucker us into marriage |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That's the CONservative plan.... see below... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. My point is married and unmarried people are different |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Link? What part of EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, do you NOT understand?!? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I am not sure what you are saying |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Write to your congress critter and your senators and tell them to vote YES on PFA! |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. The pay gap is real |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. MUCH of the pay gap can be explained by causes other than sexism |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Can you read? The AAUW is NOT a conservative group. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. "Do your own damn research." .. LOL-- I posted STUDIES in the OP.... you ignore them. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. You mean the bogus study comparing married men to single women? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. LOL!! Are you a man? |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. It's a shame you think I'm a man because I can see through a flawed study |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Certainly shows how far you have to go... like out of the 50's!! |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. SO you really think that's a legitimate study? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. You have your head in the sand. It's a pity. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. That is so far from me. ROFLMAO |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 04:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
83. I applaud you for trying to throw an alternate viewpoint in the face of vitriol. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. "I don't drink the kool aid" ~fed_up_mother~ -- LMAO! Oh, you're drinking LOTS of RED Koolaid! |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Still won't address the merits of AAUW study, will you? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You want to sling shit on women and the Fair Pay Act? Why? |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. My agenda? Truth. Truth tends to get us farther in the long run |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Wow! So you think women SHOULD be discriminated against? Good Info. to know!! |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Did I say women should be discriminated against? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Ummmm... yes, you did, in not so many words. Why do you hate women? n/t |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #53 |
61. I love women. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. So you're calling Hillary Clinton, Rosa DeLauro,Tom Harkin & Eleanor Norton liars? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:33 AM Response to Reply #51 |
80. ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Deleted message |
Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Mmmmm! I love pizza! Are you buying? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Every one of the factors explained away as not sexism, ARE sexism! |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. And what is the government supposed to do about some of that? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. More Kool Aid spewing..."Men work HARDER..." |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Men take more dangerous jobs. If you can't live with that fact, so be it. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Really?! How do you account for women in combat zones and being blown up? |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. That doesn't even deserve a reply. I never came close to saying that |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. OH!! So women doing the SAME Jobs as Men, DO deserve the SAME pay?!? |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. SHIT! I said the study was bogus, and you decided I don't believe in |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Sorry but pay equity has nothing to do with your TO DO list, BEFORE women get equal pay!! |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #67 |
73. But they account for a large part of the pay disparity |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Then you didn't read my OP.... women 40 to 68 are also shafted. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #63 |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. GMAB on the "danger" |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. So, how many women are picking up your trash? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. LMAO!! Trash truck drivers with the hydrolic lifts? Answer my question above! |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. No hydrolic lift is picking up my garbage cans. Where do you live to have |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. In the "librul" North East ! We have 'technology'... even. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. We have hydrolic lifts for dumpsters, but not for trash cans that I put out |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Here in hot-as-hell Phoenix, I've never seen a sanitation worker exit the truck. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Exactly and they use those arms to PU trash cans too! |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Yeah, they do, so more women should apply for those jobs! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Better yet? The companies should hire the women that already applied for those jobs! |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #50 |
58. The men who pick up the trash in front of my house are sitting in comfortable trucks |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #58 |
69. "delicate wimmenz" |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #58 |
71. I know the kind of hard work women do |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Assuming you live in some locale where trashcans are picked up by hand |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
91. I think that fact should be shouted from the rooftops constantly. |
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Marnieworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
89. profit producing careers pay more |
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Marnieworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
88. Thanks for this post |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. self-delete: dupe-a-roonie. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. I agree; the question, why does the burden of raising a family fall disproportionately on women? |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
90. You NEVER Cite the Actual Study, and Do Not Describe It Correctly |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
45. So because you don't like the result, you're just assuming its garbage economics. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
82. Wouldn't marriage lift 100% of female-headed households out of poverty |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. About your headline - is that true with same education, experience and hours worked? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. YES... IT"S TRUE!! -Fair wages for equal work but it isn't happening!! |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. hard to believe it has gone down |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yea, I was surprised too. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It's fucking criminal and needs to stop...now!! |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. It's fucking archaic. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. It didn't go down. The comparison is stupid. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You're pretty dense for a neo-con. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. You're pretty stupid throwing out your name calling |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Why do you hate the idea of women getting fair pay for equal work? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
48. Why are they MORE EDUCATED and MORE EMPLOYED? |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #48 |
70. Yes, and when we have more egalitarian marriages |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. Why do you keep defending that you adopted some kids? |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. I'm not against the bill |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:31 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I'm not one of those |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #75 |
94. Motherhood is a valuable JOB/Calling and the hardest 'job" in the world |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. That's just ugly |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Not could be... should be !! Call your reps and tell them to support the PFA! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. “Pay equity is not a women’s issue. It is a family issue." |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. How many women frequent DU daily? Anybody know? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. I'm sometimes shocked by it myself. With all the female execs on TV I guess folks think its true. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
86. It is truly astounding |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. kicking for the workers just logging in... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Kicking for the early morning crowd! |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is why unmarried women need to get to the polls in droves. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
87. Yep |
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Luna_C_06 (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
26. Kick, nt. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
29. k and r |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
60. Everyone gets paid the same in my Union. Male, female, married or not. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
95. The real pay gap is between the rich and the poor, IMO. |
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