“Why Women Should Pay Less Tax Than Men”

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Ann Bartow

That is the title of this post at TaxProf Blog. Via Susan Franck.

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  1. Orson says:
    April 23, 2007 at 4:18 pm

    Also see:

    Women Suffer from Pay Discrimination

    by MissLaura

    Mon Apr 23, 2007 at 01:40:44 AM PDT

    Having a woman Speaker of the House is wonderful, and having a woman as a serious contender for the presidency is wonderful.  But it’s not enough.  It holds out the hope that one day we will have equality at all levels, that not only will a few very exceptional women make it to the top but that all women will have a fair opportunity to make the decent living they work for.  I believe that two things will bring about that equality of opportunity: Democrats – the party that brings us Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton – in control of government, and strong, sustained pressure from an organized citizenry demanding equality from that government, from employers, and from our society at large.  But that necessary equality is not what we have now.

    This is why the world needs to change:

    American women make only 80 percent of the salaries their male peers do one year after college; after 10 years in the work force, the gap between their pay widens further, according to a study released Monday.

    The study, by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, found that 10 years after college, women earn only 69 percent of what men earn.

    Even after controlling for hours, occupation, parenthood, and other factors known to affect earnings, the study found that one-quarter of the pay gap remains unexplained. The group said that portion of the gap is “likely due to sex discrimination.” – AP

    (Covered by Reuters as well.)

    No matter what the major you choose, statistical likelihood is that if you’re a woman, you won’t make as much as a man who majored in the same subject.  Pick a female-dominated field like education?  Earn 95% what men do.  Pick a male-dominated field like math?  76%.  And that’s with women’s academic performance in every major higher on average than men’s.

    It won’t happen tomorrow.  Not Nancy Pelosi nor Hillary Clinton nor any feminist organization in existence nor the extraordinary achievement of any group of women will make equality happen tomorrow.  

    But it for damn sure won’t happen with George W. Bush or his ilk as president or Dennis Hastert or John Boehner leading Congress.

    http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/23/446/80949