Thursday, April 17, 2014

Prominent Republican: Women Need To Be Paid Less So They Can Find Husbands | ThinkProgress

Prominent Republican: Women Need To Be Paid Less So They Can Find Husbands | ThinkProgress:

Phyllis Schlafly — the founder of the Eagle Forum — maintained that increasing the pay gap will help women find suitable husbands:
Another fact is the influence of hypergamy, which means that women typically choose a mate (husband or boyfriend) who earns more than she does. Men don’t have the same preference for a higher-earning mate.
[...] Suppose the pay gap between men and women were magically eliminated. If that happened, simple arithmetic suggests that half of women would be unable to find what they regard as a suitable mate.
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The best way to improve economic prospects for women is to improve job prospects for the men in their lives, even if that means increasing the so-called pay gap. via Blog this'

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