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trumad

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Tue Sep 17, 2013, 01:16 PM Sep 2013

Women Still Earned 77 Cents On Men's Dollar In 2012: Report

Women still earned only 77 cents for every dollar that men earned in 2012, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

In 2012, the median earnings of American women working full time year-round were $37,791. American men earned a median income of $49,398. The gender wage gap has hovered at about 77 cents on the dollar since 2007.

Women are also lagging behind men in terms of re-employment after the recession. The number of men working full time year-round increased by 1 million between 2011 and 2012, while the number of full-time working women remained close to the same.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/gender-wage-gap_n_3941180.html

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Women Still Earned 77 Cents On Men's Dollar In 2012: Report (Original Post) trumad Sep 2013 OP
Statstic that has been disproven, but still repeated. Lancero Sep 2013 #1
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