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In a curt dissent written, also unsurprisingly, by the only woman on the court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that the majority “does not comprehend, or is indifferent to, the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination.” Few bosses, or even colleagues, will voluntarily tell someone that they are being cheated because of their race or sex. And pay discrimination often accrues slowly, as in Ledbetter’s case, with smaller raises and bonuses compounding over time. It can take years before a woman trying to make it in a male-dominated workplace (Ledbetter was the lone woman among 15 men) decides she has taken enough guff to make a federal case out of it.

Source: The Boston Globe | Women Getting Even