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• Monday, April 23, 2007 12:56 PM

  Nope. Doesn't tell the whole picture.

  The dangerous thing about these stats is that they can be used to "prove" just about anything. We're still not comparing apples to apples.

  I can say Waitresses "in general" take home more than Waiters, because pretty waitresses can use their charms to coax more tip outta their male customers. But is that fact? Maybe, maybe not.

  What about the companies who look to recruit more female employees, because HR has a policy which stipulates X number of women MUST be hired for how many X number of men? Who's to say these hired women are making any less than their male counterparts?

  What about the professions such as plumbing, sewage people, carpenters, miners, mechanics...are the stats being collected here as well? If not, how can we claim that women's wages are being reduced, especially when these traditionally male-dominated professions are doing their part to recruit more women? I'll take a wild guess and bet that women miners aren't making any less than their male coworkers.

  You can't simply take Donald Trump's take home, compare it to Melania's, and suddenly come out and say there's a yawning chasm in wage disparity.

  —d0k0night Read d0k0night's other letters
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