It's simply false that in an ideal world men and women would have equal incomes. Today's American women have the freedom to choose their career paths, to work overtime, normal or part-time hours, to own a small business or to stay home and raise children. About half of all medical and law degrees go to women, and more are moving into high- paying positions. And many women are making it to the top. Dorrit Bern, president and chief operating officer of Charming Shoppes Inc., is part of the trend toward increasing numbers of female corporate executives.
Women can stand on their own and make their own educational and job choices.
Just as with baseball players, pay differentials are not proof of discrimination. Diana Furchtgott-Roth is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Christine Stolba is a doctoral candidate in U.S. history at Emory University. Click here for an index of Articles .