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To: Lane3 who wrote (4965)	11/6/2005 2:54:30 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541992

I would not call what we have equal opportunity. Women do not have the opportunity to have wives. What women get is the opporunity to go in to the work force and earn 77 cents for every dollar a man makes, and then they get to do most of the "women's work at home, and people get to "pretend" women have eqaul oppotunity. What women actually got is the shaft. I think women actually had it better when they were just viewed as baby machines who would keep the home. Now they get to work AND be baby machines And keep the home (if a home is going to be kept). What a great leap forward. On top of that the changes in the laws which protected women from divorce have meant that we have ever more women and children in poverty. Oh yeah. This "equal opportunity" has been a beautiful thing. eesc.orst.edu "Social scientists have coined phrases such as "the feminization of poverty" and "the pauperization of motherhood" to describe these trends. Divorce rates rose from the 1950s to the 1970s, as did the number of single mothers choosing to raise children alone, explained Clara Pratt, OSU professor of family studies, and Sally Bowman, OSU Extension family development specialist. Single mothers carry a huge financial burden compared to two-parent households. Single mothers and their families have extra barriers to economic success, according to Pratt and Bowman. For example: It often takes two working adults to bring a family over the poverty line, a change from the past when one wage earner could often support a family. Single moms bear the brunt of the financial burden for their children. Since women generally have custody of the children, they end up paying for most of their support, including childcare. Full time childcare costs range from $4,000 to $10,000 a year, a significant amount when one out of three families with young children earns less than $25,000 per year. Single mothers are not always able to work as much as they need to. They often give up some employment opportunities in order to care for their kids. Women earn less per hour than men. For every $1 a man earns, an Oregon woman earns 69.6 cents. Nationally, women earn 72.3 cents for every dollar a man earns. *Women generally have lower paying jobs and fewer promotions. Too many women hit a "glass ceiling," where they are often passed up for promotions because, among other reasons, they have taken time off work for motherhood or caring for dependents, said Pratt and Bowman. With less working time and lower wages, in turn, there are lower retirement savings and Social Security for women. According to the Wall Street Journal, the average monthly Social Security benefit for retired women in 1995 was $621-almost $189 less than the average paid to men." What success!!!!