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    Women workers in the contemporary U.S. earn on average on... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Women's work is undervalued relative to men's work

    Women workers in the contemporary U.S. earn on average only about 70% of men's average salary

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    Liberal, Marxist and radical feminists have all characterized women as doubly alienated in capitalism because of the public/private split that relegates their work as mothers and houseworkers to the home, and psychologically denies them full personhood, citizenship and human rights (Foreman 1974, Okin 1989, Pateman 1988, Goldman 1969). Noting that women workers on average only have about 70% of the average salary of men in the contemporary U.S., feminists have claimed this is because women’s wor

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