On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Caitlyn Martin wrote:
> Let me give an example. About a year and a half ago, when I was with
> Interpath, there was a programmer who I was pretty friendly with. He
> is intelligent, talented, and certainly treated the women there with
> respect. I was shocked when he argued that women should receive lower
> pay than men for the same job. His attitude was that we were more
> likely to go off and have babies, while men are much more focused on
> their careers and likely to stay on the job, and therefore employers
> should invest more in men.
Playing Devil's Advocate:
Women ARE several times more likely to quit jobs than men for a variety of
reasons, some of which have to do with childrearing and some which do not.
Given that the costs of replacing someone in a position are high and the
expected tenure is lower, what do you propose a fair non-sexist way would
be to offset these financial risks to the company?
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