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I think they are still reporting 78% pay for the exact same job as men.
Those reports are either lying or deliberately misleading. They have people believing they're for the exact same jobs, but it's not true. They typically are very broad comparisons such as women working full time with a college degree vs. men working full time with a college degree, etc.
SOME women SEEM to get much more anxious and are much more risk averse than men when it comes to investing. It isn't rocket science. I am no Warren Buffet, or even a numbers person, and I was able to wrap my head around it.
Yes, I observe this, too. Women can be real security junkies to their own detriment. I work with one woman who thinks our "conservative allocation" fund at work is too aggressive, which is 70% bonds and stable value, and the rest stocks. She complains about the low payout of the stable value fund but freaks out about the slightest downturn in other funds. She's somewhat of an extreme example, but I see this with women in general. Drives me crazy.
If there is an "us" for retirement, your wife is one of the lucky ones.
Yes, but so am I. I didn't have to give half (or more than half) of my savings to an ex-wife. Maybe that's why some women retirees have a lot of money.
I think they are still reporting 78% pay for the exact same job as men.
The correct number is like 98% and in the case of young women vs young men young women make more. The pay gap is a myth.
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