At 01:26 PM 7/31/96 -0800, Stephen Nowlin wrote:

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>  The discrepency between compensation levels for
>directors and curators (directors sometimes earning five times the amount
>of a curator) could be seen as mirroring the tradional male (hunter,
>breadwinner) and female (housekeeper) roles.

Interesting.  Except that, at least in the natural sciences, curation is an
overwhelmingly male domain.  I suspect this particular discrepancy has less
to do with one's gender, and more to do with how much money one brings in.
In other words, it's just like any other business.  Surprise.

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