More stuff

I hope you all are reading each other's posts!  There is a lot to learn from each other. I want to share with you all a couple links you might find interesting.  But first, I think you should pay attention to Geofrey's post about the Lilly LedBetter Act.  I appreciate him bringing this up.  The Act was a modification to the Equal rights Act and makes it easier for women to file law suits against companies that discriminate against them.

Here is a link to a blog with an interesting chart about wage differences.  The gender wage gap is a complicated problem.  As far as we can tell, much of the gap is explained by the difference careers men and women choose.  We will talk more about this on Tuesday.  But if you ever get really interested in this subject, one of the leading experts on the wage gap is Joan Hermsen, and she is a faculty member at U. of Missouri-Columbia. http://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/gender-wage-gap-2012-edition/ Also, the above blog post has a link to the BLS data release which has a ton of information to explore.

Here is a link to the most current data on how we spend our time (also think about Shamika's post).  http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.t01.htm

Sweden looks inviting, but they have issues with gender equality.  Sweden has one of the highest level of reported rape out of other countries in Europe. Obviously, this is a huge problem.

However, you all might find this short article interesting.  Like Sweden, Norway is more progressive on issues of gender than the United States.  This article talks about a few of the policies that Norway has that allow for more women to participate in the economy.  It should be noted that a majority of the women who work in Norway, work part time. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/world/europe/29iht-letter29.html?pagewanted=all