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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This sounds really stupid.  A day without women?  Has someone suggested getting rid of us? What on earth are we trying to prove?[/quote]

Totally agree.  Has anyone ever heard the term: "personal responsibility"?[/quote]

I don't feel "personally responsible" for gender pay inequity , and I certainly don't feel "personally responsible" for an entire culture under valuing "women's work".
- not a teacher, but I support those who are fed up. [/quote]

I don't view teaching as women's work.  No one is making women go into teaching.  I considered teaching, but chose not to because of the pay.  Just like I chose not to be a social worker.  It is a choice.  I don't think it's a secret that teachers' salaries aren't "high."  It is about personal responsibility.  If you don't want the pay associated with a job, don't take it.  When there isn't enough supply, salaries will go up.  If you keep supply up and then whine about the pay, nothing really happens to make the situation better.[/quote]

... oh well you don't view that way, so that settles that. [/quote]

Are you saying women don't have a choice about their career paths?  Teaching used to be women's work because that was one of the few career paths they could take.  Today the choices are endless.  Males who chose teaching as a career path make the same, they are not somehow given a special salary scale.  We each need to own choices.  The victim complex gets old.   [/quote]

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