Hello Adrienne,

I appreciate your critique and I will certainly take some of the points you made into consideration for future articles.

In the “Why Does It Matter?” section my goal was to point to the economic consequences that under-earning has not just for women, but children and families. This in turn affects society as a whole.

To address your question regarding “Who thinks that managers make less than the people below them?”…. In some settings, education which was provided as the example in the article, teachers or professors with some years of experience can out-earn individuals in some administrative positions. In addition, the fewer hours required to be present onsite frequently leaves time to engage in other income-producing activities. Thus, the switch to go from the classroom to administration could mean a cut in income, but increased hours on one endeavor.

As far as summing up the article “by saying gender differences exist because of societal/structural and sometimes internal limitations and that’s bad because women make less for the same work”. I would not agree that it is that simple. My point in listing these issues was to draw focus to those things that we can readily impact, which includes the willingness to step out of our comfort zones and pursue higher positions when doing so makes sense for us individually. Of course a deep analysis of these issues would require much more than space provided here.

“It has been shown that those working in managerial and leadership positions often out-earn their subordinates.” Who thinks that managers make less than the people below them? This is totally obvious.

“Divorce is also a consideration leading women to be heads of households. Thus, it is important that women receive equal opportunities to enhance not only their career positions, but also their incomes.” Okay? This article could be summed up by saying gender differences exist because of societal/structural and sometimes internal limitations and that’s bad because women make less for the same work. End of article.

I’m not trying to be unfair, but as a woman in business who wants to see income equality and equal respect for women leaders, I think that overly broad articles like this with poor support or little analysis are not helping.