DU law professor fights for equal pay for women

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Story here:

http://kwgn.com/2013/08/22/du-law-professor-fights-for-equal-pay-for-women/

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DU law professor fights for equal pay for women

DENVER -- While women are making strides in closing the wage gap between them and men, there's still work to be done.

A recent report revealed that a typical working woman will earn more than $440,000 less than a man over a 40-year career.

That's why a professor at the University of Denver is trying to change the way females are paid at the school.

Professor Lucy Marsh has taught at DU for 40 years. She first filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in July after she began researching the alleged pay disparity. She said she discovered the alleged pay inequality after a salary memo was sent out by the law school's Dean last year.

"My hope is this will have an impact much broader than just my own case but just to make sure that everybody pays equally for equal work," Marsh said.

DU's Sturm College of Law is among the highest rated in the nation, but a group of alumni brought over 1,700 petitions to the school leadership Thursday, demanding answers over allegations that women professors are paid far less than men.

"It's time that we talk about in our society, about women and men being paid equally and it's taken too long to get there," DU law graduate Ashley Wheeland said.

DU's provost and law school dean both said there is a merit pay system based on teaching, scholarly work and service to the community.

"It's a system that is designed to be both transparent and objective, which is actually designed to avoid any type of bias creeping into that system," DU Sturm College of Law Dean Martin Katz said.

Marsh disagrees, saying the pay system is by no means transparent because nobody knows what anybody else is being paid. She says the school has not responded to her or her lawyers, but officials did meet with the alumni.

"We explained our concern about equitable treatment which is crucial for us," DU provost Gregg Kvistad said.

The alumni group called Thursday's meeting a first step.
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mens_issues

My post on the website:

MalePositive5 minutes ago




The so called wage gap between men and women has been refuted by Warren Farrell in his book "Why Men Earn More."

http://www.warrenfarrell.net/Summary/

Excerpt:

Men's trade-offs include working more hours (women typically work more at home); taking more-hazardous assignments (cab-driving; construction; trucking); moving overseas or to an undesirable location on-demand (women's greater family obligations inhibit this); and training for more-technical jobs with less people contact (e.g., engineering).

Women's choices appear more likely to involve a balance between work and the rest of life. Women are more likely to balance income with a desire for safety, fulfillment, potential for personal growth, flexibility and proximity-to-home. These lifestyle advantages lead to more people competing for these jobs and thus lower pay.
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CaptDMO

Right. Meanwhile,   a Constitution  professor put's forth Executive Orders demanding "Social" Justice.

"Free" stuff. Equality, rather than equity in "take home" pay, while ignoring the "perks",
THOSE are "rights".     

mens_issues

That's odd.  My comment seems to have been removed.
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neoteny


That's odd expected.  My comment seems to have been removed.


FIFY
The spreading of information about the [quantum] system through the [classical] environment is ultimately responsible for the emergence of "objective reality." 

Wojciech Hubert Zurek: Decoherence, einselection, and the quantum origins of the classical

MacKenzie

I just checked - the comment is still there.
FEMINISM IS A CULT THAT TRIES TO MAKE BOTH SEXES EQUAL BY FOCUSING SOLELY ON ONE OF THEM

mens_issues


I just checked - the comment is still there.


Yes, now I see it.  I didn't see it from my work computer this morning.  Strange.
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