I really do try, people...

As I grow older, it becomes important to me that I make informed decisions, both as a person and in a leadership role in my jobs.

So when I see an article on The Huffington Post about how there still exists pay inequity between men and women, I read it.  My skeptic's radar may go on full blast, but I'll hear what the author has to say.

Unfortunately, it was nothing but a lot of bluster with no supporting factual evidence.  So I had to go and find something to support the author's argument.  What I found was this.  How did they calculate this inequity?  Just as I suspected:  Take the number of men and women in this country, take their wages, and average them on a general gender basis.  Yeah, that's accurate.  What about the relatively new entry by a majority of women into the marketplace?  What about the fact that women remain a minority in many high-paying jobs in engineering, computers, and science?  Or high-risk jobs?

The pay inequity debate often ignores a question I have:  If women are paid less for the same work, why are more women unemployed than men?  A shrewd business owner would employ women if they were cheaper.

Crossroads

My girlfriend's brother, Fernando, has apparently separated from yet another wife.  Personally, I don't care, except as far as Fernando's marital problems affect Tawny.  But they don't bother her either, so I will say only this on the subject:  There comes a point where one wonders how much of it is Fernando's fault.

My own relationship with Tawny is ... uncertain.  It seems at times like she's pushing me away.  Is the fire gone from the relationship?  Will ours die slowly and quietly?  I almost envy Fernando:  At least he knows the exact moment that "it" was over.