Women earn less than Men

[drfuzzy]

Sorry, argh, I think I missed that part.
I've actually read something about this. Shitty experiences at work is not uncommon. From a man's perspective when someone objectively less accomplished(like lesser sales record) gets promoted(yes, this has happened, I'm not making this up) he sees it as shitty management, gets reasonably pissed and possibly quit his job. But from a female's perspective when someone gets unfairly promoted, and since men are in higher numbers at work it's reasonable to assume that the person that got unfairly promoted was a man, she lost something she deserved to a MAN. So a reasonable human being would evaluate the differences between her and this guy that got promoted, she clearly have better numbers, the only difference between her and the guy is their gender, so she was discriminated against because she was a woman. It's a false equivocation in this case.

Are you sure what happened to you wasn't something like this?

Men are greater in number at work, I'd imagine when someone gets unfairly promoted and 1 female gets burned there are possibly 5 other males that got screwed too.

I'm not questioning your experience, I'm simply asking you to look at your experience from a different light and tell me if you're seeing something else.
If you're actually still 100% sure this experience happened to you because you're a female, I think you should've sued them.

You have a point.  Except for the fact that males are outnumbered in library work in general . . . females are in the majority.  And no, I can't absolutely say that my salary was set lower because I'm female.  The entire state where this business is located has had education budget issues.  But no matter the reason, it's outrageous to demand an advanced degree for a position, and then pay a new hire a considerably lower salary that their predecessor.  And none of the individuals that they chose to interview for this position were male.
    And this is the same place that fired me because I was stupid enough to visit AF during work hours - they found out.  Businesses are very good at NOT giving reasons for unfair treatment.  

I'm curious, Pool - you seem like such a logical guy . . . why do you seem so intent on disputing that inequality exists?  Or are you actually fighting for equality in ways you don't share?  You seem to think that most women are pampered whiners who exaggerate every imagined slight.  One would think that a young, intelligent African-American male would fight for all equality - after all, I still see sickening examples of racism. Surely you understand what it feels like to be undervalued, underestimated, and dismissed.