and now for a bit of comedy

like they needed a new study to determine this. ask ANY employer. just ask 'em. they'll tell you they pay their male employees MORE than their female employees. a study? we don't need no stinkin' study!

Stark pay gap for US women graduates

By Rebecca Knight in Boston

College-educated American women working full time earn dramatically less than male colleagues in the same field even just one year out of university, according to a new report.
The report, released on Monday by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, a Washington, DC-based group, said that one year after receiving a college degree, women make 80 per cent of what their male counterparts earn.
"By looking at earnings just one year out of college, you have as level a playing field as possible," said Catherine Hill, the director of research at AAUW. "These employees don’t have a lot of experience and, for the most part, don’t have care-giving obligations, so you’d expect there to be very little difference in the wages of men and women. But we find that women already earn less – even when they have the same major and occupation as their male counterparts."...............