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By Stanley P. Gershbein
Brooklyn Daily
A few weeks ago, I presented a few thoughts from my own experiences about why women earn less than men. I boiled it down to one word — motherhood. I was told that I would catch a lot of flak for my beliefs. Well it seems that I’m not the only one who thinks this way.
• From Rich Lowry of the National Review: yes, on average, women get paid less than men, but that’s mainly because women devote more time to caring for children than men do.
• Right-winger Marjorie Romeyn-Sanabria in TheAmericanConservative.com asks “Why should working women be punished for having children?”
I’ve had female employees ask me that same question. No Miss Sanabria. You’re not being punished for having children, but you should not be rewarded by your employer either. That should come from your husband.
• From Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post: Everyone believes in “equal pay for equal work.” Did I receive equal work when several female employees put in five hours a week less than their male coworkers? Of course not. When I was accused of exaggerating the amount of hours, I invested in a time clock to prove my point.
Instead of slamming the door and shouting “case closed” I offer you the study by Research Advisors. In it we learn that in most major cities the average median income for single, childless women between the ages of 22 and 30 was eight percent higher than their male cohorts. There are several reasons listed including pursuing a career as top priority, better grades in school, attitudes towards learning, and the fact that women earned the majority of bachelor’s and master’s degrees when graduating college.
I will say it one more time for those of you that are finding faults that may not be there — equal pay for equal work!
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To those of you that are not very happy with my thoughts about the botched execution in Oklahoma, you are in the minority. According to the research done by the HuffingtonPost.com and YouGov.com, 82 percent of Republicans and 53 percent of Democrats support the death penalty for convicted murderers. And 74 percent say they want executions to continue even if the condemned suffer extreme pain and struggle for breath for 20 minutes before dying. I’m sorry you don’t agree with me. Most of America does.
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The writer of a recent Sound off the Editor praised reader Ed Greenspan for his comments about the need for vocational education in the city. Yes! As a former member of Community School Board 18 with 20 years under my belt, I certainly agree. There is one more thing that I would love Mr. Greenspan to comment about. I am more than just curious to hear his thoughts about the possible return of the 600 schools, the need for them, the reason they were called 600 schools and the cause for their removal. I am StanGershbein@Bellsouth.net saying to Mr. G that if the fools took your advice, education in this town would be a whole lot better.