Originally Posted by Ariana:
Yes because it's "womens work" and we women only do it for the love of he children 
Then they wonder why little kids are being abused.
I made a great salary when I was an educator at a centre but it was because I was unionized. Even with that great salary and benefits plus a pension the guy who picked up my garbage with ZERO education made more than me as part of the same union. Now ECE's are expected to do the same job as their Kindergarten teacher counterparts for half the pay!! The lunacy is overwhelming sometimes.
It's pretty simple, if it's "mans work" it's worth more.
I tend to agree with this ^^^ statement. I know that women go into engineering and technical fields, but they are heavily dominated by the guys. I have a master's and I made $48k and change during my first year as a teacher. With my school district, I would have topped out at about $77k. (After 15 years). My DH has an associates in a technical field and is an industrial maintenance technician. He makes more with his associates than I would have topped out at as a teacher.
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