I guess i should have been more formal and stated.
Do Woman make more money than Men?
Statistically, women are paid less than men for the same jobs. But here's something I didn't realize—lesbian women are paid more than straight women.
Even when you control for factors like race, education, profession, location, and even number of children, lesbians still make about 6% more than straight gals. There are a lot of theories about why this happens (I, for one, am curious as to whether lesbians are more likely to negotiate for raises than straight women), but one theory centers around the idea that straight women expect to, eventually, be involved with a man. And they expect, just as reasonably, that that man will earn more than they do—and, thus, when it comes time to decide who will make career sacrifices, the women expect that they'll be the ones to take that hit. All those assumptions make sense—given what we know about American life—and they all lead to straight women investing less human capital in their careers. Anyway, that's the theory tested by a 2009 study explained by The Big Think blog:
A thought provocking article indeed.
So do'nt question it when your sister or girlfriend makes more than you do,ok!
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