Blue Collar Lesbians Make More Than Gays
Women have traditionally made less than men in the work place. In Gayville, however, things get a little topsy-turvy. A report from the University of New Hampshire suggests that working class lesbians make more than their gay male counterparts:
Gay men working in management and traditional blue-collar, male-dominated jobs make less than straight men because they are discriminated against by their employers, according to new research released today by the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics.Lesbians, however, do not experience similar discrimination in the labor market.
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According to the authors, gay men who live together earn 23 percent less than married men, and 9 percent less than unmarried heterosexual men who live with a woman.
One of the reasons lesbians may make more money, says the study, is because they tend not to have children and employers perceive them to be more dedicated.
Known minorities usually earn more than heterosexuals in a sexist society. Really? I would like to feign surprise, but incremental salary or benefits usually go hand-in-hand with promotions and management. I know that without protections against the most overt examples, the more subtle forms of discrimination continues.
Men who deny their patriarchal advantage, and become “sissy boys” pay the economic price paid by women since suffrage.
Conversely, women who become licenced craftspersons, or plumbers or electricians, or other blue collar jobs that pay extremely well. If these women wish to emulate the male patriarch and take those jobs, the renumeration is rather equal.
This is true in Canada also, ……without as much difficulty because our society is legally egalitarian. We still have our neocon thugs, but if they act out, criminal felonies and incarceration are in store for them.