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cptacek - you have to look at the underlying reason women are paid less. It's because certain employers believe they are worth less. So those employers are not going to hire a bunch of women, they believe those women won't be able to do the job.

As for the "family woman" comments - well, I know that can be true, but it isn't always. The minute I had a child, my employer moved me to the "mommy track". It didn't matter that my DH was a SAHD (well, actually, that irritated him to no end, he constantly asked me when my dh was going to get a job), the fact that I had a child MUST mean that I was no longer devoted to my job. When I pointed out that my income was the only income and that made me EXTREMELY devoted to my job, he ignored me. If it went against his preconceived ideas, he ignored it.

I did have one of the worst employers in the professional world (I have nightmares of going to a job interview and having to face him), but I know from many friends that there are many like him out there.