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Now that the Paycheck Fairness Act failed on Capitol Hill, what can women do to try to get the pay they deserve, the same pay as men? In this economy, women may fear that aggressive negotiating may cost them a job either before they even have it or while they have it. When Denise Di Stephan, a journalist and local editor of aol.com’s www.pointpleasant.patch.com , sent me that question via Facebook, I thought, “Wow, she’s sure covered the waterfront.” She touches women’s fears about negotiating pay in general, negotiating in a difficult economy specifically, and inadequate public policies to back up gender equality in pay negotiations. Almost simultaneously, I got one of those “I have a friend who has a problem” queries illustrating Denise’s point about how women approach negotiations. But this one has little to do with Washington politics:
