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Originally Posted by AGDee
It has always been my understanding that these comparisons are based on equal titles and years of experience. Whether you took off 6 years to be a mom and then got 10 years experience, you still have 10 years of experience, just like the man who didn't take those 10 years off. I do know SAHMs and clearly, they aren't counted in this because they have no salary and no title. But, I don't know of any job that lets someone take 6 months to a year leave of absence and get that same job back, which is what Coramoor implied happens regularly. Of course I would not expect someone with less experience to make as much as someone with more experience. Nor would I expect a PA to be compared to an MD. But a CPA to a CPA, both with 15 years experience and similar marks on performance reviews? You bet they should be paid similarly.
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No one is saying that CPA to CPA, given the same location, same business, same job function, same experience, as well as same sense of self worth should be paid differently based on their sex. All things being equal, they should be paid the same. However, that is a LOT of criteria to fill, and probably not even an tenth of the qualifications that can be looked at. I don't see how any study measuring such a pay disparity can be accurate.
It is not as simple as equal experience and academic degree.
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It has always been my understanding that these comparisons are based on equal titles and years of experience.
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Your understanding, huh? What if your understanding is wrong. Then you will be quoting a study that in no way validates your point and in fact may invalidate it, yet you are passing it off as truth. That's a quick way to look like a fool.
Dr.Phil,
I see what you are saying, but at the same time I think that answer is a cop out. Where I do agree is that any time things such as this are brought up it is very difficult to get to the meat of the issue because you have too many people's emotions wrapped around the axle. Next thing you have is someone throwing around the word racist or sexist or whatever...usually to distract others from their weak arguments.
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