By Julie Castaneda College may not necessarily be an advantage in closing the gender wage gap. A recent study shows young women earn 92 cents on a man’s dollar among high school graduates. Among college graduates, young women with a college degree earn only 79 percent of what is paid to similarly educated men Desiree […]
Archives for May 2016
Who Makes More in Tips? Most Say Women Do
May 26, 2016 by
By Kortni Robinson and Nicole Casperson Struggling college student Audrey Parisi works weekends at Las Brisas Steakhouse to make ends meet. On Friday nights, Parisi comes in hoping to be assigned as a bar back on the patio, where the men hang out, to get the big bucks in tips. “I make more as a […]
Does Fairness Have a Color?
May 25, 2016 by
By Julie Gomez Nicolasa Sanchez recalls the moment she first noticed her husband was getting paid more than she was for doing the same job. “I look back and know that it wasn’t right. I should have spoken up.” “I thought this wasn’t fair,” she said. “But I didn’t say anything because he’s my husband […]
The Pink Ghetto Problem: Escape or Repaint?
May 25, 2016 by
By Victoria Landers Women make on average 79 cents to each dollar men make, and in some occupations, that gap is much greater. Although the gap is getting smaller, the difference between men’s and women’s earnings has seen some fluctuation for the past 40-plus years. “Today, the largest factors contributing to the wage gap are […]
The Work ‘Closet’: Alive and Well, Thank You Very Much
May 24, 2016 by
By Kaitlin Bain Mark Phariss, a Plano attorney and a past plaintiff in Texas’s most notable same-sex marriage case, worked in his previous job for 10 years, and every day he kept his sexuality a secret. Phariss’s past experience matches that of many people who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender. Workplace discrimination based on […]
Sexism in Court: Female Attorneys Recall Marcia Clark
May 24, 2016 by
By Emily Hamilton “Marcia Clark gets a new hairdo and stuns the courtroom. The District Attorney has never looked more RUFF!” –The National Examiner It was 1994. Heisman winner and NFL Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson had been charged with the brutal slaughtering of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. Instead, America chose […]
‘I Think I Can’: Women’s Uphill Battle to Have It All
May 23, 2016 by
By Victoria Holloway Audra Coffman, a mom of four and a full-time web producer for Fox 34, was glad she had the chance to stay home with her children for several years. But she is also thankful for having a career now. “Now that (my kids) are a little older, I’m glad I’ve had the […]
Baby Blues at Palm Beach Tan: Two Mothers Speak Up
May 23, 2016 by
By Kameron Court Editor’s note: This is the opening story in a series on gender issues in the workplace produced by Texas Tech journalism students in the capstone course JOUR 4350: Multiplatform News Delivery. At least two recent first-time mothers who previously worked at a Lubbock tanning franchise say they have been mistreated by the […]
Think Like a Man. Act Like a Lady. Work Like a Horse.
May 23, 2016 by
By Karla Rodriguez Christy Martinez-Garcia knows what it is like to be working hard and hoping for a raise. Now the owner of Latino Lubbock Magazine, she recalls experiencing gender inequality years ago as an employee of the City of Lubbock. “For the work that I was doing, I was very underpaid,” Martinez-Garcia said. “I was […]
Changing One’s Speech, Like Actors Do
May 22, 2016 by
By Caitlyn Nix Ever wondered how you could get rid of that strong West Texas twang or any type of accent that makes you think you sound different than the people around you? This feat is frequently accomplished by actors. For example, Renee Zellweger changed her Texan accent to sound British in her role as […]
