Older students and the liberal arts

[PonyGirl93]

People need to stop looking at statistics of income versus gender or color of skin and look at individual people.
Of course women make less than men. Its due to biology. I know many many women who went to college, got a job, worked 2-5 years and left for 10 years to raise a family. They are heroes in my opinion. But they do sacrifice earning potential to be the primary care giver.

Also I see women take more responsibility at home and leave meetings at 4:45 pm in order to be able to be home with the kids while their husbands work til 7pm. Its a culture thing. Men typically value achievement at work more than women do and women value forming bonds and relationships more than men. Its what makes us human. Read Men are From Mars and Women are From Venus and you will see that women are different than men.

Plenty of women make more than plenty of men. My boss is a woman and she makes a lot more than I do I am sure of that. Her husband stays at home with the kids and if he went back into the workforce he would make a third of her salary.

Some of the statistics are done very poorly, but others are extremely accurate. Some of them have researched it purely on what job the employees are doing, how much they are making, and if they are male or female, and they have found that women doing the same jobs as men do make less.

I'm well aware that males and females are different, thanks for the update I have nothing against women staying home with their kids, I think that is a fantastic decision, but I think that women who want to be, and have the ability to, should be free to be just as successful monetarily as men. Not more money for the same job, just truly equal.

And, not saying I agree with this, but the whole feminism "beef" is exactly that "culture thing" that you refer to. They don't want to be the ones who value the home life over work.

the best man or woman for the job should get hired. No bonus points for being black/female/hispanic etc. Anything besides that is racist/sexist etc, plain and simple.

This ITA with.