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5. Feminism, Women in the Workplace, and the Poverty It Created"A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after." - Gloria Steinheim
The Princeton Language Institute. 21st Century Dictionary of Quotations. New York, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1993
Married Women Entering the Workplace Reduced the "Spending Power" of All Salaries
Year 1940 1950 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------- Men that Worked 39,496,563 40,174,705 77,714,187 Women that Worked 12,654,256 15,559,454 66,341,379 Number of Workers 52,150,819 55,734,159 144,055,566 Total Population 130,962,661 149,895,183 291,500,000 # people per income 2.51 2.69 2.02 Avg. Salary $1,299 $2,992 $34,280 ----------------------------------------------------------- "Spending Power" Adjusted for 1940 - - - $2,791 $42,595
"Spending Power" Adjusted for 1950 $1,392 - - - $45,650
"Spending Power" Adjusted for 2003 $1,045 $2,246 - - - -----------------------------------------------------------
If there were the same ratio of workers to non-workers in the US today as there was back in 1950, the "spending power" of the average annual salary in the US would increase by over $10,000 a year.
Due to the change in ratio of workers to non-workers in the US since 1950, the average value of salaries has decreased substantially.
Married Women Entering the Workplace Widened the Disparity in Salaries
"The rich get richer and the poor get poorer." - Proverb
Women in 1960 made roughly 59% of what men made. Today they make roughly 79%. This sounds better but still bad. But, only when one does not realize that all women work today...even the married ones.
SINGLE FATHER HOUSEHOLD - Then (1960) ----------------------------------------------------- Family Single Parent ----------------------------------------------------- Father = 100% salary Single Father = 100% salary Mother = No salary ----------------------------------------------------- Disparity = 0%
SINGLE MOTHER HOUSEHOLD - Then (1960) ----------------------------------------------------- Family Single Parent ----------------------------------------------------- Man = 100% salary Single Mother = 59% salary Woman = No salary ----------------------------------------------------- Disparity = 41%
SINGLE FATHER HOUSEHOLD - Now (2004) ----------------------------------------------------- Family Single Parent ----------------------------------------------------- Father = 100% salary Single Father = 100% salary Mother = 79% salary ----------------------------------------------------- Disparity = 44%
SINGLE MOTHER HOUSEHOLD - Now (2004) ----------------------------------------------------- Family Single Parent ----------------------------------------------------- Man = 100% salary Single Mother = 79% salary Woman = 79% salary ----------------------------------------------------- Disparity = 56%
It was once bad for women to make only 59% of what men make. It is even worse now when single mothers make only 41% of the average two income household. Putting this in terms of dollars (Assuming a $20,000 salary for the men in each instance).
Income Type 1960 2003 -------------------------------------------- Family Income $20,000 (100%) $35,800 (100%) Single Father $20,000 (100%) $20,000 (56%) Single Mother $11,800 (59%) $15,800 (44%)
Sources
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/pop/info-family.htm
http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PRB/PRB_Home.htm
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade40.html
http://www.wtv-zone.com/moe/moesboomerabilia/page35.html
The Princeton Language Institute. 21st Century Dictionary of Quotations. New York, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1993
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