Grrrl Power and Diminished Expectations

kelley kwalker2 at gte.net
Wed Oct 11 11:41:04 PDT 2000


anyone have access to pay inequality among women in the UK?

http://www7.mercurycenter.com:80/premium/world/docs/worldview11.htm Published Wednesday, October 11, 2000, in the San Jose Mercury News

The ScotsmanOct. 10

Female graduates expect to make less than men. For all the hype about ``girl power'' and reports of girls outstripping boys in school exams, a survey shows that female graduates go out into the job market convinced they will be paid lower salaries than men.

Does this indicate a lack of confidence, or are young women simply aware that the glass ceiling is still intact? The survey makes depressing reading, at the beginning of the 21st century as it suggests an built-in defeatism before women even enter the workplace.



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