Article here. Excerpt:
'Fact: Men are paid more than women on average in all 50 states. How do we fix it? Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the New York Times, has a fairly simple suggestion.
Following Abramson's discussion at the Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS) on Nov. 1, Poynter reporter Kelly McBride asked Abramson how managers could address pay inequality while operating with a limited budget. Her suggestion is as simple as it is novel:
“You bring the guys down to give a little more to the girls.”
Candid, yet comprehensive. But could anyone ever go for such a "brusque" solution?
Abramson explained to McBride that she had implemented this strategy as executive editor of The New York Times: “I did that at the Times. No one’s happy to get a cut, but too bad."
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Perhaps the most simple solution is the best solution: pay men less, pay women more, until we're even. AsJessica Valenti writes at The Guardian: "Addressing gender imbalance directly: imagine that! No hemming and hawing about how the problem started or what women need to do to fix it -- management fixed it, as they should have."
Employers, it's your turn to lean in.'
