Comments on: Underwear and Wage Discrimination?! http://blog-aauw.org/2009/12/16/underwear-and-wage-discrimination/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:00:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Concerned http://blog-aauw.org/2009/12/16/underwear-and-wage-discrimination/#comment-4798 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:02:59 +0000 http://blog-aauw.org/?p=4145#comment-4798 Christy, I thought of you when I read this blog post about the pay in Ann Arbor, MI – a city usually thought of as pretty good to women.

The blogger did some digging and found out this about the tax supported economic development effort of the area:

“It was like having Old Fashioneds with Dwight D. and Mamie. In 2008, for every $1 dollar earned by SPARK’s managing director, a man, the woman with the same title was paid $.54 cents.”

A2Politico: Ann Arbor Politics Grilled To Perfection December 17, 2009 “Beehives, Tight Skirts and Salary Gaps Galore: The 50s Alive & Well in A2″
http://www.a2politico.com/?p=2287

The post is filled with several local examples.

Very sad!

]]> By: Marian http://blog-aauw.org/2009/12/16/underwear-and-wage-discrimination/#comment-4749 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:19:01 +0000 http://blog-aauw.org/?p=4145#comment-4749 Fantastic! Maybe it will convince some of those who don’t believe that discrimination is still alive and well everywhere we go. This should convince at least doubters.

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