Sexism Study, Take Two—the Absurdity Continues

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My experience (I'm a retired engineer) is that the aggressive Type A male was the one more likely to be a workaholic, to put the job ahead of the family and to get promoted(hence higher pay). I also think that these same people pay a high price in their family life. It is probably only incidental that these same people are less egalitarian. Also, the increase in the number of women in the engineering and software fields late in my career definitely led to a more humane attitude on the part of management for both men and women.

of CA 6:23PM September 23, 2008

Look, I know you're trying to make a point here, but the obvious reason for this 'disparity' is that a 'traditional viewpoint' male will work himself to death with longer hours, less attention to family and other sacrifices for the family for which he feels responsible.
It's not a 'caveman' point of view. It's a A-type, I'm doing this for my family (and let's not get into the nurturing side of this - some men equate a large paycheck with love and whether you think it's caveman or not, and regardless of how many men get progressive in their viewpoints. that's REALITY) even if it kills me (which it will) point of view. You're honestly deriding that?
A man works himself to death to be the breadwinner for his family and you sneer?
On the flip side, a progressive thinker will expect the woman to hold a job, thus won't have to work as hard, personally. and will have a lower individual income. He'll be more balanced in his life choices, but it won't be because he's a progressive thinker, but because he expects the woman to work equally hard at HER job while sharing responsibility for the child raising.
Knee-jerk reactionism is unbecoming and usually the domain of the conservative. But least we forget, extremism runs on both sides of the political/gender gap. Your sneering at men who work so hard, then usually end up in an early grave (do you REALLY want to discuss why men and women have such a large gap in life expectancies?) in order to provide for the family just because they think women should (not have to, but should) stay at home and take care of the kids he can't see because he's working so hard? It may be a 50's attitude, but there's nothing to sneer at there.
C'mon, use some sense.

Fatesrider of CA 6:20PM September 23, 2008