[DrPhil]

Woman, here's how you quote particular parts of a post without torturing everyone with in-text quotation marks.

Originally Posted by libramunoz

For the simple fact, that when you are within this field and a private practitioner base, you actually set your own prices as to what it is that you specialize in.

Yes, for private or practitioner base and it will be based on a "going rate," which can still be lower paying in relation to other more-male dominated fields. As you said later, it was never a high paying field and many were drawn to it to "help people."

Beyond that, the field of social work encompasses a wide range of overworked and overpaid occupations beyond private and practitioner base.

Originally Posted by libramunoz

As far as teaching, it depends on where you go, if you are at a Liberal Arts school or if you are at a Private or Public School setting. Believe me, if you are at a school that specializes Social Work, you will see a variety of professors, from a variety of backgrounds teaching you your Social Work courses.

I am talking about trends that aren't erased depending on where you go. As I said, general patterns aren't meant to apply 100%, but more often than not. Apply that to every instance that you consider makes my statements "not necessarily true" or "depends...."

Originally Posted by libramunoz

Furthermore, Social Work was never a high paying job in certain sectors of society to begin with.

So, it didn't become that way with the increase in women in various occupations that employ social workers. It was always that way. Gender implications for female dominated fields and certain job types, perhaps?

Originally Posted by libramunoz

This was always considered a "woman's job" the same as let's say nursing or teaching. However, for those who got into Social Work, they know from the jump, expecting to make $100,000 a year really isn't a reliable way of thinking and you'll be surely dissapointed by your first paycheck. If you ask any Social Worker why they jumped into this type of job, and you'll have varying answers, however, the primary answer that you'll hear is "I love to help people."

Regardless of whether you are a social worker, if you haven't done so, skim through "Women in Social Work" by Ronald Walton. The perceived need for a (insert minority group) book for a field means there's something to discuss even if a large % (and the more visible) social workers are women. Again, social work encompasses a lot of occupations and range of salaries. In many organizations that employ social workers, the higher ranking persons are male. That may be correlated with the disctinction between administrative capacities versus practitioners; academicians and researchers versus (insert occupation); or where you work, such as in a state prison versus in public school system (which can also have gender implications).

I don't feel that you really disagree with me. But, when all else fails, just remove "social work" from my post and see the general point regarding the social sciences.