So to those of you in the legal profession: Your suspicions are correct. You are smarter and nicer than your MBA siblings. Pity, though, you will always make less.
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France has many of the goodies (parental leave for up to three years, readily available free daycare, etc.) that are supposed to fix our gender issues. It seems French women's lives are just as pressured as ours--except that they get paid even less--and have to do everything in high heels. “French women are exhausted,” said ValĂ©rie Toranian, editor in chief of France's Elle, to the NYT. “We have the right to do what men do--as long as we also take care of the children, cook a delicious dinner, and look immaculate. We have to be superwoman.”
http://thecareerist.typepad.com/thecareerist/2010/10/french-lessons.html
http://thecareerist.typepad.com/thecareerist/2010/10/men-v-women-.html