American women who work for wages or a salary, on the average, earn 77 cents when American men earn one (1) dollar, also on the average.
You have to be careful of averages. They are not naturally vicious but they are often used to deceive. That is, people routinely overestimate themselves and don’t slow down enough to understand what they are seeing and hearing when an average is mentioned.
Here is a little practice exercise: Suppose all women who lack education beyond high school quit work completely. (They might go on welfare or they might find hard working husbands, maybe currently illegal immigrants – Not a bad idea actually, if I say so myself!) If this happened, what would become to the 77 cents on the dollar?
(The answer is several paragraphs below.)
Consider also that “on the average” means, of course, that there are many women who earn more…
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