reparations & exploitation

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Mar 9 10:32:54 PST 2001


kelley wrote:


>oh my god! yes, it's true that women in same occupations, with same
>experience, education, work commitment etc often get paid less than
>men. but the reason why women are paid less is explained MORE by
>occupational segregation and further segregation within occupations.
>(women tend to be food service managers, h.r. managers, etc)

Yeah, I know this, and it's responsible for most of the pay gap. But even *after* all those things are accounted for, nonwhite nonmen are paid less than white men. I'm trying to make the point that gender and race figure in classically defined economic exploitation.

Doug



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