Susan Estrich in dailyherald: Why women are still stuck so far behind me in the workplace.
If it feels like women's progress in the workplace is stuck, that's because it is. In 2002, women earned 80 cents for every dollar earned by men. Last year, after 20 years, there was 2 cents of progress -- compared to the progress of the 1980s and 1990s, when the pay gap narrowed by 15 cents. There is equality at the very bottom, according to Pew Research.
Then there are the traditional barriers that come with family responsibilities. The pay gap is much narrower for younger women and grows as women get older. Fathers make the most money; mothers make the least. Women with a bachelor's degree and a child younger than 18 make the same as non-mothers with only a high school diploma.
And at the top? The old theory was that women would make it to the top of the heap and change the rules for those who come after. In the Fortune 500 in 2021, a grand total of 41 CEOs are women -- 41 women and 459 men.
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