Kudos to Gloria Steinem for responding to those ridiculous questions with neither jaw-dropped silence or a roundhouse punch to the jaw.

Either of those would have been my instinct.

But 80.2% of each dollar that a man earns even today.

During 2009 the gender wage gap narrowed only slightly. The median weekly earnings of female full-time workers
were $657, compared with male median weekly earnings of $819. Based on these data, the ratio of women’s
to men’s median weekly earnings was 80.2, slightly higher than in 2008 but still below the historical high of 81.0
in 2005.

"Get Ready For The Equal Pay Crackdown" -employment.law360.com

Law360, New York (March 05, 2010) -- With the Obama administration vowing to crack down on equal pay violations and the Paycheck Fairness Act back on the table, employers who haven't already wiped out gender bias from their pay practices might want to get moving, attorneys said.

U.S. Senate lawmakers are scheduled to hold a hearing Thursday on the Paycheck Fairness Act, breathing new life into a proposed Equal Pay Act amendment that had been dormant since...