Women earn less than Men

[drfuzzy]

That must have been too long of a ramble.  Did you miss this part?  I had to accept a salary that was $1200 per year lower than my male predecessor, and I had to have a Master's degree to be interviewed,  (newly required for the position) when my predecessor only had a Bachelor's degree?

OK, but how did you rule out other factors? What if the city cut some library funding and simultaneously upped the requirements for that position? How did you establish a causal relationship between your gender and the new requirements/pay?

I didn't, Red.  There could have been a lot of other factors - and I did tell Pool in a previous post that there had been funding problems.  Gender was only a factor when I heard that they had not chosen any male applicants to interview, and I know that wouldn't stand up in a court of law.  I don't think that they got many applicants because the pay was easily $10,000 below what the degree requirements would usually command, but . . . I needed a job.