![]() Surprisingly, the same studies show that the more impartial the evaluator claimed to be, the more they actually discriminated against women. When asked to assess the performance and growth potential of otherwise equal employees, both men and women discriminate against women.īut surely this applies only to the ignorant and misogynistic, whereas we enlightened individuals would be fair? In addition to being monetarily undervalued, studies show that women’s performance is also unfairly denigrated. A dozen eggs have gone up ten times that amount.” Nor is this problem unique to the U.S.: in Europe, the current figure is little better at 84 cents. As one activist noted wryly, “Forty years and eighteen cents. While that figure has risen, progress has been slow: in 2010, it was still only 77 cents. But though at first glance it may seem like the battle against inequality has been won, there is still much to do.Ĭonsider compensation: In 1970, American women made 59 cents for each dollar men made in similar jobs. ![]() In today’s developed world, women are better off than ever before, thanks largely to the women’s movement in the past century. ![]()
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