To Be in the Velvet Ghetto...

Studies of women in PR state that besides the existence of a “glass ceiling” on promotions, there is also a salary gap. “There is a million dollar penalty for being a woman”, quoted Cutlip, Center and Broom in “Effective Public Relations”.
A recent survey held by the CIPR and analysed in PR Week showed that 31% is the wage gap between men and women. On average men earn £18,000 more than women, at £57,000 a year.
One series of studies (The Velvet Ghetto and Beyond the Velvet Ghetto) showed that women earned less than men even with the same level of education, equivalent years of professional experience and equal tenure.
IABC sponsored the Velvet Ghetto study (1986) and in 1989 to answer unresolved issues put together a follow-up study: Beyond the Velvet Ghetto. Both studies meant to measure the impact of women on the communication field and one of the results showed that women’s work is devalued by the business world and that they are paid less than men even in the same work position.