Ok. So maybe women are paid less overall. So what does that prove? Maybe they are less senior? Maybe they have positions that are different with greater time commitments and responsibilities. Maybe the women are part time. Maybe they are less productive or not great teachers? And yes—all those explanations are possible. I dove deeper and took a look at how my salary compared to men and women who were similarly situated at that time: colleagues at my level of seniority. All of us had recently earned tenure—a tough thing to achieve and a bar that several colleagues recently failed to meet. We all started with in a span of a couple years although I came to this profession with many more years of experience in practice.
What would you do in the face of a pay disparity?
What would you do in the face of a pay…
What would you do in the face of a pay disparity?
Ok. So maybe women are paid less overall. So what does that prove? Maybe they are less senior? Maybe they have positions that are different with greater time commitments and responsibilities. Maybe the women are part time. Maybe they are less productive or not great teachers? And yes—all those explanations are possible. I dove deeper and took a look at how my salary compared to men and women who were similarly situated at that time: colleagues at my level of seniority. All of us had recently earned tenure—a tough thing to achieve and a bar that several colleagues recently failed to meet. We all started with in a span of a couple years although I came to this profession with many more years of experience in practice.