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From: "Jennifer Pour" <pjenn00@hotmail.com>
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Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:559] Re: A ponderance!
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I didn't read the article, but I would be inclined not to buy the argument
from personal experience and common sense.
I haven't worked long enough with adult learners to draw any links between
this article's premise and my own experience, but I know children and home
responsibilities interfere with a few female students' class attendance.
Jennifer Pour
Lutheran Settlement House
Phila, PA
>From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu>
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>To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov>
>Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:547] Re: A ponderance!
>Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:20:46 -0500 (EST)
>
>Heidi, thanks for sharing the article! I read through it very carefully
>and just don't buy the argument.
>The author states that ½ full time men work over 40 hours vs. 1/3 of women.
> First of all, where is the reference for this statistic? Secondly,
>assuming that this is true-it may be because more men are placed in higher
>positions. We all know that as people move up the ladder, hours get
>longer-not shorter! Doing one's job is not based on number of hours
>worked, but rather number of projects accomplished, and unfortunately, in
>the United States, that usually translates into many more hours than the
>traditional work week. It is not uncommon to hear lawyers, doctors,
>politicians, business executives, etc. work 60 hour work weeks. However,
>it is uncommon to hear secretaries putting in this type of time.
>As far as I know, when men and women are compared in terms of specific job
>title, years of education, years of experience, etc., etc., on average,
>women earn less than men even when they are totally matched.
>In terms of our female adult learners this has direct implications. Many
>of them face so many obstacles in improving their circumstances, that this
>added layer of economic discrimination makes it even harder.
>What do others think?
>Daphne
> >>> haw6@psu.edu 03/14 10:17 AM >>>
>Thought some of you might find this extremely interesting. What
>implications does this (if it were really true) have for women's literacy.
>
>***** Work Views: Women's Pay Baloney *****
>http://www.workforce.com/section/01/0007622.html
>
>How many times have you heard that women are paid 75 cents to
>every dollar a man gets? Hopefully not so often that you've started
>to believe this myth, claims guest columnist Anita Hattiangadi.
>
>
>Submitted respectfull and Pondering implications,
>Heidi Watson
>
>Heidi Watson
>Sr. Research Technologist
>Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
>College of Education
>The Pennsylvania State University
>102 Rackley Building
>University Park, PA 16802-3202
>Phone: 814-863-3777
>Fax: 814-863-6108
>E-mail: haw6@psu.edu
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>Daphne Greenberg
>Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
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