Miss Utah Falls Apart While Answering An Easy Question About Women Earning Less Than Men

Business Insider ^ | 06/17/2013 | Julia La Roche

[Pollster1]

Guam tipping over http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cesSRfXqS1Q

and vegetable trees at the Santa Cruz City Council while the East has slaves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJZsVbCu4Hk

may be competitive with Miss South Carolina. Liberals live is such a simple world!

[Steve_Seattle]

Why does the writer assume this is an "easy" question? Is there one obviously "correct" answer? The "liberal" answer, of course, is that our patriarchal society still discriminates against women by paying them less than men for the same work.

The actual answer, however, is more complex. First of all, we have a high rate of divorce, with many single mothers running families. Also, as women enter the work force in large numbers, many will and do earn more than their husbands, even if the overall average earnings for women is lower. Secondly, many women pursue careers in fields with relatively low salary scales, i.e., the service sector of the economy. Thirdly, many women take time off for childbearing, which depresses their lifetime income.

On the other hand, there are now more women than men in college and more women than men earning advanced degrees. Most jobs do not discriminate between men and women when determining salary; there is a stated, advertized wage or salary regardless of who gets the position. So, in that sense, there is little discrimination between men and women in determining wages.

You could argue, I suppose, that some jobs pay low wages because they were historically held by women, at a time when women were not considered the primary breadwinner, and that the wages in these areas have not changed with the times. But that raises the question of whether there is an "objective" way of determining what the wages should be in a particular field. This is, of course, a matter of dispute.

Another interesting question is whether the mass entry of women into the post-1960s workforce was by necessity or by choice. At any rate, it represented a vast social change and the effects are still being worked out. One result of this change is likely to be a concentration of more of the best jobs into fewer families, as educated men tend to marry educated women, and when both work, both will presumably acquire well-paying jobs.

Another factor is illegal immigration, which arguably depresses wages in entry-level or service-sector jobs, precisely those areas where a higher percentage of women than men seek employment.

Oh, what was the question again?

[ruesrose]

Ava Gardner look-alike, for those of us old enough to recall and not so old that we can’t.

[Fedupwithit]

Miss Utah Falls Apart While Answering An Easy Question About Women Earning Less Than Men

Question asked....question answered...

[FourtySeven]

We, yes, maps need us much.

It’s too bad (for Al Sharpton) that Al Sharpton never competed in a pageant.

[USNA74]

Oops. Forgot about that Guam ditty. That one was major scary as it was a Congressman, and not a meaningless beauty queen. I liked the response of the Admiral who was testifying - the nicest way you could possibly say “you can’t be that stupid”. I’ll check the vegetable trees later when I get home from work (youtube is blocked on the work network).

[Revolting cat!]

"What does this say about society?"

The answer is in the biased question. It is easy if you know the meaningless cliches of the Left.

[Steve_Seattle]

I read the Hank Johnson comment about Guam tipping over due to overpopulation. if a conservative politician had made such an idiotic comment, it would have been all over the news. But “D” Georgia gets a pass. Typical.

[Pollster1]

That attitude from the Dems is the most revolting kind of racism. Liberals don’t expect a black man to know that islands don’t tip over. Sadly, they’re not even ashamed of that double standard.

[I want the USA back]

If she tried to say that men are evil and they deliberately discriminate against women and give men more money than women for the same work should would have been a free pass and a nobel peace prize.

[Redmen4ever]

From the Pew Poll giving us the number that 40 percent of households, the primary breadwinner is female: For married women, where the woman makes more than the man, the families earnings are $2,000 higher on average than where the man makes more than the woman. The problem, then, is single women having children. It’s not only a problem for these women, it’s a problem for their children and it’s a problem for society. The answer is to end welfare. Private charity will support those who need and should be supported. And, the girls who get knocked up to qualify for EBT will have to figure out some other line of work.

[LS]

Think Kelly Bundy.

[waredbird]

If in fact this premise were true, a CEO practicing capitalism would only hire women if he/she could get the same productivity for less cost. Go to Thomas Sowell’s book “Vision of the Annointed” for more evidence on deconstructing this BS.

[BfloGuy]

Psssst. Don't tell anyone but they're still really beauty pageants.

[DuncanWaring]

That’s the answer I would have given, but not as soon or as well-done.

[Buckeye McFrog]

a Mormon girl who is from a family that believes women should not work outside the home, perhaps?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Ava Gardner look-alike, for those of us old enough to recall and not so old that we can’t.

AVA GARDNER AND MARISSA POWELL SIDE BY SIDE...

[xander]

Pretty sure President Voldemort solved this issue at the start of his first term.

[Enterprise]

Good!! VERY good!!!

[Cyber Liberty]

Did she say “South Africa?”