New study finds women make 80 cents for every $1 men earn
Submitted on November 20, 2003 - 1:00am.
Ruxandra Giura - Fall 2003
WASHINGTON – Working women still earn an average of 80 cents for every dollar a man makes, according to a new government study that shows the earning gap between the genders remained unchanged over the past two decades.
“The more things change, the more they do not change,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., at a discussion Wednesday about the study on women's earnings done by the General Accounting Office. “After accounting for so many external factors, it seems that still, at the root of it all, men get an inherent annual bonus just for being men. If this trend continues, the only guarantees in life will be death, taxes and the glass ceiling.”
“The more things change, the more they do not change,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., at a discussion Wednesday about the study on women's earnings done by the General Accounting Office. “After accounting for so many external factors, it seems that still, at the root of it all, men get an inherent annual bonus just for being men. If this trend continues, the only guarantees in life will be death, taxes and the glass ceiling.”
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