The National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) is upset by recent wage gap figures that show lesbians earn less than their gay male counterparts.
The study NARAL points to is from the National Women's Law Center; it shows the median income for lesbians at $38,000, while homosexual men earn $47,000.
Now, as news worthy as this may be, what is really shocking to me is the huge disparity in earnings between Lesbians and heterosexual women. It shocked me and it may shock you as well.
a statistic that was absent comes from the Williams Institute and shows that heterosexual women earn $8,000 less than lesbians.
The study NARAL points to is from the National Women's Law Center; it shows the median income for lesbians at $38,000, while homosexual men earn $47,000.
Now, as news worthy as this may be, what is really shocking to me is the huge disparity in earnings between Lesbians and heterosexual women. It shocked me and it may shock you as well.
a statistic that was absent comes from the Williams Institute and shows that heterosexual women earn $8,000 less than lesbians.
That is a substantial differential. It's argued that the differential is due to heterosexual women having children and somehow that impacts the earnings of heterosexual women. I'm sorry, but that does not compute and seems more like an excuse than a reason for the disparity in earnings between Lesbians and straight women.
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