Sprechen sie Equality?

One thing I do appreciate is the graph on page 236.  It appears that women, as of 2005, are at their peak employment percentage in almost all categories, which is a good sign of statistics to come.  However, the graph on page 231 brings us back to the ugly truth.  The separation between male and female pay is not getting any thinner; as a matter of fact, it appears to be getting wider.  What's more appaulling is that only 59% of this gap is attributed to education or job status.  The rest has no explanation whatsoever! As far as politics go, I do believe that we will see a woman president before too long.  Although, I can only hope that she is like Clinton, and not like Palin.  If it turns out to be the latter of the two, I'm gone.  I'll go put my 2 years of high school German to good use!