All policy aside, it's a known fact all over the world that women get paid less than men for the same work--even if there is better performance. The percentage varies by country and culture, of course.
Sports, notably soccer, has gotten the most publicity since, while a winning team is a source of national pride, and investment has been made in the national soccer team, it's dwarfed by the investment made in the US men's team, as well as the salaries they receive.
According to the NYT's article March 9, 2019:
One of the biggest differences in compensation is the multimillion-dollar bonuses the teams receive for participating in the World Cup, but those bonuses — a pool of $400 million for 32 men’s teams versus $30 million for 24 women’s teams — are determined by FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, not U.S. Soccer.
however:
[Friday’s] legal action is the latest flash point in a years-long fight for pay equity and equal treatment by the national team, which has long chafed — first privately, but increasingly publicly — about the compensation, support and working conditions it receives while representing U.S. Soccer. The women’s players argue that they are required to play more games than the men’s team, that they win more of them, and yet still receive less pay from the federation.
Entering public academia where one's salary is listed on the internet, things got a lot easier. Having a union stick up for your salary rights helps, too. However, in the past, I've worked in places in which I was hired the same week as another colleague, handled accounts worth millions to his in-house assignment, and was paid--get this--$20,000 less than he was.
OK water under the bridge. But women are paid less in every way imaginable. Especially so with the working poor, whose salaries are held hostage against a life of hunger, homelessness, independence or just plain quality of life. And, we're a country in which a stay-at-home mom usually has a husband who earns well; most women need to work so their families survive. So, they're afraid to ask for a raise. They don't want to hear, like I did--in a multinational firm in Manhattan--"You're luck you have a job.
So, this in their homage:
Sports, notably soccer, has gotten the most publicity since, while a winning team is a source of national pride, and investment has been made in the national soccer team, it's dwarfed by the investment made in the US men's team, as well as the salaries they receive.
According to the NYT's article March 9, 2019:
One of the biggest differences in compensation is the multimillion-dollar bonuses the teams receive for participating in the World Cup, but those bonuses — a pool of $400 million for 32 men’s teams versus $30 million for 24 women’s teams — are determined by FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, not U.S. Soccer.
however:
[Friday’s] legal action is the latest flash point in a years-long fight for pay equity and equal treatment by the national team, which has long chafed — first privately, but increasingly publicly — about the compensation, support and working conditions it receives while representing U.S. Soccer. The women’s players argue that they are required to play more games than the men’s team, that they win more of them, and yet still receive less pay from the federation.
Entering public academia where one's salary is listed on the internet, things got a lot easier. Having a union stick up for your salary rights helps, too. However, in the past, I've worked in places in which I was hired the same week as another colleague, handled accounts worth millions to his in-house assignment, and was paid--get this--$20,000 less than he was.
OK water under the bridge. But women are paid less in every way imaginable. Especially so with the working poor, whose salaries are held hostage against a life of hunger, homelessness, independence or just plain quality of life. And, we're a country in which a stay-at-home mom usually has a husband who earns well; most women need to work so their families survive. So, they're afraid to ask for a raise. They don't want to hear, like I did--in a multinational firm in Manhattan--"You're luck you have a job.
So, this in their homage:
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