Page 3 - Men Make News Today

The battle of the sexes, our pal john stossel recently did a test on the gender equality issue. >> tonight we separated our studio audience, men on this side, women over here. when they came in, we asked the people with jobs to anonymously write down how much money they earn. we averaged the salaries for the women the average turned out to be 66,000. for the men, 79,000. above average group for both of you. that means that for every dollar the men make, the women only made 83 cents. >> stossel j...

The battle of the sexes, our pal john stossel recently did a test on the gender equality issue. >> tonight we separated our studio audience, men on this side, women over here. when they came in, we asked the people with jobs to anonymously write down how much money they earn. we averaged the salaries for the women the average turned out to be 66,000. for the men, 79,000. above average group for both of you. that means that for every dollar the men make, the women only made 83 cents. >> stossel j...

The battle of the sexes, our pal john stossel recently did a test on the gender equality issue. >> tonight we separated our studio audience, men on this side, women over here. when they came in, we asked the people with jobs to anonymously write down how much money they earn. we averaged the salaries for the women the average turned out to be 66,000. for the men, 79,000. above average group for both of you. that means that for every dollar the men make, the women only made 83 cents. >> stossel j...

obama won with 53% of the vote and you can see these swing states went solidly for the president this time around. where are we specifically with unemployment? nevada and florida have unemployment rates that are above the national average. its also right about where it was when the president took office. but take a look at this, nevada, 11.7%, when the president took office, it was 9.6%. now the rest of the battle ground states are doing better, they are stronger now than when the pres...

surprise. you certainly hear republicans call for that, but it wouldnt do anything in the short-term. this is way too big an oil market. as you know, the bulk of what makes up the price of gas is the price of oil. >> and its all a lot of tradeoffs, too. certainly you dont want a depression so you can have $2.50 gas. >> right. >> i want to look at this. gallop polls can find the price at which consumers significantly change their behavior is $5.35. richard, no economic statistic more im...

And vice versa. >> sure. >> i think thats cool. that means that, yeah, we really do care and i wish that these tales of somebody being brave meant more than just oh, some guy out there is brave. that it says something about us. >> youre right. it says a lot about you and says a lot about us, we hope and good thing you were there in the right place at the right time. all right. thank you, sir, for joining us from atlanta. well put. all right. straight ahead, weve all heard about the pay gap betwe...

Even now 2011 for every dollar men make, women make just 77 cents. this is what actress marlo thomas wrote on "the huffington post." if one more person points to arianna huffington as proof of womens earning power im going to scream. thats like will smith and tiger woods are slam-dunk proof that black americans have broken into the ranks of the uber rich." for latinas, just 60 cents. yesterday the mayor of washington, d.c. was arrested to make a point about new restrictions on spending his citys...

Home and take care of the families, time away from the workforce sets them back a few years and they are behind on the pay scale. we can argue multiple sides of that. for every $1 that men make, look how it breaks down here. hispanic women earn 60 cents. black women, 69 cents and asian women, earning 90 cents there. take a look at the top-paying jobs for women. you have a ceo, weekly play, $1500, thats 75% of what men would make. pharmacist, same thing at 76%. lawyer, the closest being the i.t. ...

Audience. as they came in we asked the people to anonymously write down how much money they earn. then we average the salaries. for the women, the average turned out to be 66,000. for the men, 79,000. but that means for every dollar that the men make, the women only made 83 cents. that is more than the national average of 77 cents. the difference ticks people off. >> president obama knows the women being paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men is not just unfair, but it hurts ...

Latest updates on this topic.