[etni] Re: male and female teachers

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Orly Sela is 100% correct. Women and men should get paid the same for the 
same job and have the same opportunities to advance to higher paying 
positions.

Howard Green
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Orly Sela" <gosela@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:44 PM
Subject: [etni] male and female teachers


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> Dear Hanan & Everyone,
>
>
> Don't worry, I am not going to attack you like you wrote at the end of 
> your
> letter. In fact, I agree with many things you have written. However, you
> made one comment which I feel cannot be left unanswered.
>
>
>
> "A male teacher, whose first income is teaching, cannot be expected to 
> make
> a living
> with the low pay you and I receive."
>
> And a female teacher can??!!
>
> What difference does it make if the receiver of the salary is male or
> female? If the salary is too low to support a family than it is too low,
> regardless of the teacher's gender.
>
> It is precisely people who think this way that have invented the terrible
> term "second salary". What does that mean? In my family, I suspect like in
> most Israeli families, there are two adults, both of whom work outside the
> home and earn a salary. These salaries both go into a joint bank account
> from which all family expenses are paid. What exactly makes my salary less
> important than my partner's?
>
> People, if we treat ourselves as second best and less important, why 
> should
> anyone else treat us differently? Let's fight for higher salaries, not for
> male or female teachers, but for teachers!!!
>
> Orly Sela
>
>
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