Tag Archives: Wage Gap

Study reveals gender pay gap in new doctors

By Chloe | Published: February 4, 2011
TweetDid you know that a woman heart surgeon earns about $27, 000 less per year than a male one? That’s according to a new study, published in this month’s issue of Health Affairs. The study finds a gender pay gap of almost $17, 000 among new doctors, a gap that has been widening over the [...]
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UK pay gap shrinks, but it’s not all good news

By Chloe | Published: December 16, 2010
TweetGood news! The pay gap in the UK is shrinking! BBC reports that this year, the pay gap between men and women shrank to 10.2%, the lowest it has ever been since the government began keeping track of it. However, the news isn’t all good. While wages have risen for women on average, women who [...]
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Black Marriage Negotiations Video Perpetuates Stereotypes and Ignores Context

By Rose | Published: October 18, 2010
Tweet The “Black Marriage Negotiations” video has been making it’s rounds on Facebook walls and on Essence’s blog. It has grossed nearly 200,000 hits on YouTube after going viral late last week. It was created by an anonymous user at Xtranormal.com, a site that boasts, “If you can type, you can make movies.” If only [...]
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Yes, Virginia, there is a wage gap

By Chloe | Published: August 6, 2010
TweetLast week, BNet, a CBS-run business website, ran an article by Penelope Trunk entitled “A Salary Gap Between Men and Women? Oh Please.” The article suggests that Trunk doesn’t really understand, or doesn’t want to think very hard, about how inequality and discrimination function in the workplace. Trunk takes on the widely acknowledged reality that [...]
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