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BocaHoo91

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There's an achievement gap, not a pay gap. To be fair,


and I should have referenced this point in my post to WahooMatt above, I do believe there is an "old boy network" impact on women's achievement (although I think it's much less of a factor than it used to be as more women have risen to senior positions and as companies take executive diversity more seriously). But I think the bigger impact is from women who self select out of the fast track career path in order to start a family.

There are also other factors such as the fact that 1/3 of CEOs are engineers yet only 20% of engineering students are women.

(In response to this post by Hoodafan)

Posted: 01/19/2017 at 5:21PM



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  LOL, OK I laughed. ** -- WahooRQ 01/20/2017 09:54AM
  I can think of a few who should. :-/ ** -- EAPo 01/19/2017 3:07PM
  Less so than Ennol Angus ** -- Hood 01/19/2017 4:32PM
  No kidding. And where did all the libertarians go? ** -- Sabre Rattler 01/19/2017 1:20PM
  Tell us how much more you know than they do then. ** -- Hokieesith 01/19/2017 4:58PM
  What rights are women lacking? ** -- Hokieesith 01/19/2017 1:36PM
  Let's start here -- WahooMatt05 01/19/2017 2:20PM
  Sorry, but a few of those are nonsense. -- BocaHoo91 01/19/2017 5:14PM
  Gender pay gap is a bit more complex than you lead -- The Dood_UVA 01/19/2017 3:21PM
  I understand that -- WahooMatt05 01/19/2017 3:59PM
  Nicely said ** -- 111Balz 01/19/2017 6:08PM
  Thank you. You said it better than me. ** -- WahooMatt05 01/19/2017 4:36PM
  Great, now back to the suicide issue. ** -- Hokieesith 01/19/2017 4:58PM
  Also, women are getting 57% of college degrees. -- Hokieesith 01/19/2017 5:00PM
  Broken clock. I might be done for 12 hours. :-) ** -- Hoodafan 01/19/2017 4:50PM
  Women are not included in bill of rights? -- TomKazanski 01/19/2017 3:18PM
  Re: increased maternal mortality -- dajoka004 01/19/2017 2:35PM
  Paid maternity leave is a "right"? -- Hokie5150 01/19/2017 2:29PM
  So? ** -- Hokieesith 01/19/2017 3:06PM
  Yes, apparently so. He's really smart you know. ** -- Hokieesith 01/19/2017 2:30PM
  Nah. ** -- Hoocinogenic 01/19/2017 3:39PM

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