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4. Equitable compensation relationships <br />This means that the compensation for female-dominated classes is not <br />consistently below the compensation for male-dominated classes of <br />comparable value or worth. <br />Equitable pay between employees has been a long standing issue. The first <br />written account is in our Bible, Book of Matthew, Chapter 20, dealing with fair pay <br />for laborers in a vineyard. The question was; should employees who worked all day <br />receive the same as employees who work only a couple of hours. During the 18th <br />and 19th centuries, few women were employed. Men worked primarily in <br />agriculture. The Industrial Revolution created the need for female workers <br />beginning particularly in the textile industry. Between 1850 and 1900, as the <br />Industrial Revolution matured, women began to move into other areas such as the <br />tobacco and shoe industry. By 1910, the clerical jobs were dominated by women. <br />Dnring the Civil War, World War 1, and World War 2, women worked in <br />traditionally male jobs out of necessity, but after these wars, fell back into more <br />traditional female roles. From approximately 1830 through 1950, the relative wage <br />of a woman compared to a man was in the 37% to 67% range. <br />'Various explanations for the differences in pay between male and females <br />have been suggested as follows. <br />