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young, old \u2013 is expected to know how to use a mouse and navigate an inbox. However, here\u2019s what is relevant: the fact that the female is stymied and the male promoted. Forget computer skills. Take other issues — advanced degrees, job experience, personality, networking skills.<\/p>\n
Women often get short shrift. Once, when I applied for a promotion within my division, I wasn\u2019t even interviewed. The man who got the job was highly praised because he had a master\u2019s degree in a field related to the job. Guess what? I had the same degree, combined with demonstrated expertise in the specific area of specialty. After my male boss\u2019 brief tenure, I got the job. My reward? A lower salary than his. Ouch<\/em>!<\/p>\n Women across professions from podiatrists to pilots, from accountants to zoologists, are earning only three-quarters of their male counterparts’ salaries. What gives? While workplace equality has made great strides over the years, disparity definitely persists.<\/p>\n Is it because women aren\u2019t persistent enough? Is it that gender discrimination is ingrained in organizational structure?<\/p>\n Regardless of the reasons, we have an obligation to keep striving \u2013 even in cases like mine of potential professional risk \u2013 to close that gender gap. We need to speak up. We have an obligation to learn how to send emails and to stop sending them for our male superiors.<\/p>\n I mind the gender gap. Won\u2019t you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently was approached by a blue collar worker whom I have witnessed in action on many occasions. I know this manual laborer gives more than 100 percent and possesses an excellent work ethic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":41381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-41361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog","8":"tag-wage-gap","9":"tag-women-working-harder-earning-less","10":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n