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  The Gender Income Gap

  http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10...
  46 days ago in The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan · Authority: 295

  What a nifty way to prove it: Schilt and Wiswall found that women who become men (known as FTMs) do significantly better than men who become women (MTFs). MTFs in the study earned, on average, 32% less after they transitioned from male to female, even after the authors controlled for factors like education levels. FTMs earned an average of 1.5% more. The study was just published in the Berkeley Electronic Press' peer-reviewed Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy.

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    A Paleo-Feminist on Transgender Sexism Studies

    http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/10/10103_p...
    46 days ago in MotherJones.com | MoJoBlog - Social Issues and Political Commentary · Authority: 1,691

    An extremely 'well intentioned' young white guy I work closely with said to me the other day that, appalled as he was by this "new" notion of white privilege he'd just heard of, thank god he'd never been its beneficiary. Others had, of course,
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  A Paleo-Feminist on Transgender Sexism Studies

  http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/10/10103_p...
  46 days ago in MotherJones.com | MoJoBlog - Social Issues and Political Commentary · Authority: 1,691

  An extremely 'well intentioned' young white guy I work closely with said to me the other day that, appalled as he was by this "new" notion of white privilege he'd just heard of, thank god he'd never been its beneficiary. Others had, of course,
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  No Matter How You Slice It, Men Do Better Than Women

  http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2008/Oct/06/no_matter_how_...
  46 days ago in WOW Report · Authority: 302

  An innovative new study of pay inequity between men and women looked at transgender employees in the workplace and found that women who become men (known as FTMs) do significantly better than men who become women (MTFs). MTFs in the study earned, on
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  If Women Were More Like Men

  http://tpwireservice.com/mt/archives/2008/10/if_women_were_m...
  29 days ago in TP Wire Service · Authority: 13

  "No No No!!!" These were the words my new boss had scrawled in red ink across my draft memo. After more than a decade as a big-firm lawyer in the area of complex insurance coverage contracts, I was rather shocked to see such a savage display of temper, and even more shocked to think that my writing, always rated rather highly by other employers, merited such treatment. Little had changed over the past decade - not my hard-driving work ethic nor my clear writing style. The explanation seemed obvious to me, though at first I didn't want to believe it: I was now a woman. I had transitioned from male to female in 1998, and my new employer neither knew nor suspected that I was transgender. Now I was receiving the condescending treatment that some of my female colleagues had complained about all along. After several such incidents, I quietly left the practice of law, never to return. As a male attorney, my competence had never been questioned so harshly by my employers, so I assumed that reports of gender discrimination were bogus complaints brought by females who didn't measure up. As a male, I had been privileged, though I didn't know it at the time, to avoid much of the harsh treatment reserved for females in a male bastion. Since then, as a professor and consultant who specializes in transgender workplace diversity issues, I've met many people with stories like mine. (See the December HBR case, "When Steve Becomes Stephanie.") That's why I was particularly interested by a recent article in Time Magazine, discussing a new study of transgender experiences in the workplace. The study, by Kristen Schilt, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, and Matthew Wiswall, an economist at NYU, provides strong evidence that the wage gap between men and women really is the result of discrimination. Most gender studies compare men and women of similar education level and work experience and they inevitably find that women are paid less than men even when their education and experience are equivalent. But that doesn't by itself prove discrimination. Alternative explanations for the salary gap abound: women lack competitive drive, they avoid conflict, and they consciously stay away from time-consuming workplace challenges in favor of family. Schilt and Wiswall have taken a very different approach, which I think nails discrimination as the problem. Rather than trying to compare groups of men and women, Schilt and Wiswall looked at people like me. They measured our earnings and employment experiences before and after our gender transitions, and found significant changes. Of course, you could argue that the study merely proves that employers have a problem with transgendered workers. But the results also show that those of us who had transitioned from male to female suffered a loss in earnings of nearly one-third, whereas those who moved from female to male increased slightly (1.5%). Have transgender women lost our competitive drive, ability to handle conflict, and willingness to put in the hours as a result of changing genders? Or do employers have more of a problem with women than men? I have my opinion; tell me yours. Dr. Jillian T. Weiss, Associate Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College, is author of Transgender Workplace Diversity: Policy Tools, Training Issues and Communication Strategies for HR and Legal Professionals, as well as a popular blog on the subject. Her work has been featured by the NY Times, Associated Press, and SHRM, among others. She has worked with many Fortune 500 companies to create policies and train employees regarding transgender issues in the workplace.
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  opacity still "winning"

  http://solarbird.livejournal.com/730335.html
  37 days ago in ソラバドのほん: Life in the Convergence Zone · Authority: 8

  Good morning. Yesterday proved out to be a day of declines in equities and bonds both; today is so far working out the same. Investors are retreating to cash outright, apparently. The Dow has fallen as I write below 9,000 again; the S&P 500 has lost half its gain from Monday. Todd Harrison at Minyanville thinks we'll explore a trading low here for a while before moving further south in early 2009. The Federal involvement in back "unsecured assets" coverage will rise to around US$1.4 trillion, according to the FDIC. Brad Setzer quotes G7 pledges to "accommodate whatever quantity of U.S. dollar funding is demanded," and yes, that is a quote. He calls it "unprecedented," sad that the word has lost much of its impact over the last few months, noting that "[t]he US and the major European central banks have effectively agreed to lend without limit to make good on their pledge to avoid a systemic bank failure." In a separate post, he notes that this is because the system is "on the precipice" of systemic failure. The question remains, however, whether this will do any good without simultaneous forcing of transparency on bank assets. (Karl at Market Ticker thinks not, as you can tell from the link.) So far, all moves on this front have been in the other direction, towards less mark-to-reality (via extension of mark-to-fantasy rules). Yves at Naked Capitalism is not at all convinced. Bloomberg notes that none of the new authority allows anyone to order more lending; it just gives them money and then Paulson hopes they'll do something with it. (Mish has commentary here.) The TED spread is not significantly improved from yesterday (it's down, but moving within the same range); the LIBOR is doing a little better - but only a little. (Yet more Mish commentary here.) John at Across the Curve describes the continued gridlock in financials, but notes that non-financial companies seen as "safe haven credits" such as General Mills are seeing movement. Remember the CMBS, the risk measurement on commercial property? It's still insane. Fitch has issued credit ratings downgrades for the state of Rhode Island. Iceland's equity markets reopened and fell 77% in a day, with bank shares getting no bids, so it could be worse. Several Hungarian banks are considering suspending foreign-currency lending, with one major bank having already done so. Dr. Roubini at RGE Monitor says this will be the worst recession in 40 years - but he's apparently still convinced it won't be as bad as the Great Depression, or the previous Panic before that. But he's raised his total losses estimate quite a bit, to between US$2 and 3 trillion. Interesting side effects; Peter Schiff at the San Diego Tribune says to just stop paying your mortgage; under the new aid-and-recovery rules, imprudent borrowers will be bailed out, while prudent and on-time buyers will continue to be screwed by a combination of no relief and additional falling property values. I note this mostly for the benefit of the anger at the bailout processes so far. The New York Times talks about The Frugal Teenager - Ready or Not. It talks a lot about feelings of entitlement. Finally, a bit of social economics, Time had an article on gender-based wage disparity, talking in part about this study showing that in gender transition, transwomen see their earnings decline 30-ish percent, and transmen see their incomes rise about 2%. You might take a look.
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  The gender gap in wages: The close to ultimate study

  http://www.fairerscience.org/fs-blogs/2008/10/the_gender_gap...
  45 days ago in FairerScience Weblog · Authority: 19

  Now why didn't I think of that? You want to look at what's behind the gender gap in wages? Check out what happens to men who change their gender to women and women who change their gender to men. Sure is one way to control most of those confounding variables. Actually that is exactly what Kristen Schilt of the University of Chicago and Matthew Wiswall of NYU did. According to the Time Magazine article they found "women who become men (known as FTMs) do significantly better than men who become women (MTFs). MTFs in the study earned, on average, 32% less after they transitioned from male to female, even after the authors controlled for factors like education levels. FTMs earned an average of 1.5% more." And you gotta love the stories: After a female-to-male transgender attorney changed from being Susan to Thomas, another lawyer mistakenly believed that Susan had been fired and replaced by Thomas. The other lawyer commended the firm's boss for the replacement. He said Susan had been incompetent; "the new guy," he added, was "just delightful." You can find the entire article here. You will need to register as a guest but you can view it for free. Thanks to FairerScience friend David Mortman for letting us know about this one.
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  Weekly Meanderings

  http://www.jesuscreed.org/?p=4390
  42 days ago in JesusCreed · Authority: 837

  “What happened to the Cubs?,” I ask Lou Piniella. His answer? Lots of travel of late reduced my links. Sorry. One of our highlights at the Zoe conference last weekend was seeing our friend, Bob Smietana, who now writes for The Tennessean. So, Bob has some good articles at The Tennessean I’d like to push for your reading: Palin and pulpit protests. Karen’s story of hope. Bro Maynard 1 and Bro Maynard 2 has pondered changes in the emerging movement thoughtfully and insightfully. We’ve been keeping up with Tony Jones in the Land of Oz. Dan Kimball’s posted some sensible and sensitive reflections on the Bill Maher movie. This forthcoming book on youth ministry by Chris Folmsbee will set new standards. Ordinary is more than ordinary — Jim Martin. Eugene Cho has an eye-opening post about homelessness. LL Barkat list the ways blogging is healthy. Everybody’s posting about the President: here’s my choice. One of my favorite South Africa bloggers: Tom Smith, honest church planter. iMonk reflects on a so-called conservative reading of the Song of Solomon. (Honk if you chased down this link.) TSK knows good music. Most of the time I don’t get what is going on with things like Google, but Marko has a post that I’d like someone to help us with. Anyone know? Dash has an excellent little exploration of the dual sides of the gospel — a theme that I think needs to trump others today (and I’ll avoid mentioning the topics that seem to have become the obsession of some). For me, Prime is the only way to go: 1. I found this through Michael Kruse’s blog. 2. An international disaster in Zimbabwe. 3. Women, work, and discrimination. 4. Aristophanes? By the way, Lou, how do you explain what happened to the Cubs in the NLDS? Sports: The Bears are hard to predict, they have an offense that can sputter, but they are surprising more than they are disappointing. The Cubs … a tragedic ending to a great season. Hey Lou, what happened?
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  If Women Were More Like Men: Why Females Earn Less

  http://anthro.pophago.us/post/53655579
  44 days ago in anthropophagous · Authority: 9

  If Women Were More Like Men: Why Females Earn Less: “Schilt and Wiswall found that women who become men (known as FTMs) do significantly better than men who become women (MTFs). MTFs in the study earned, on average, 32% less after they transitioned from male to female, even after the authors controlled for factors like education levels. FTMs earned an average of 1.5% more.” [via]
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  http://leitura_do_dia.blogspot.com/2008/10/antes-de-mudar-de...
  44 days ago in Leituras do Dia · Authority: 7

  Antes de mudar de sexo, considere o impacto nos seus rendimentos.

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