.39 - 3 Feature Leads: Descriptive Quote

Descriptive Quote:

• describes a scene/situation or person 
• used with narrative style

Information used for Lead:

A study at the University of Michigan shatters some myths. The results were announced today. Women have a reputation for gossiping and talking, yet the study found the reputation is undeserved. The study, which required researchers to observe a number of people at work, found that women work both longer and harder than men—that men spend more time goofing off on the job. The study found that the average employed man spends 52 minutes, or 11 percent of each working day, not working: in scheduled coffee breaks, unscheduled rest breaks, at lunch beyond the normal hour and so forth. The average working woman spends only 35 minutes, or 8 percent of her working day, in such scheduled and unscheduled rest breaks. The same study found that the amount of effort expended by women at work is 112 percent that of men. The discrepancy is more dramatic than the statistics indicate because men earn more than women for the same type of work. The average man in the study earned $13 an hour, compared to 9.34 for the average woman. The women tended to hold mainly clerical jobs, but those in managerial positions also outperformed their male counterparts.

LEAD:

 "In the workplace amount of effort expended by women at work is 112 percent that of men" There may be those who are quick to hear a statement like this and shut it down. But a study recently performed at the University if Michigan has evidence to prove this statement factual.

The study found that an "average employed man spends 52 minutes, or 11 percent of each working day, not working." While "The average working woman spends only 35 minutes, or 8 percent of her working day." The study not only proved women work harder than men but longer as well.

If this is the case then why is there a discrepancy against women in the workforce hourly wage compared to a male's. How can a heinous statistic like this still be true if women are the harder workers in our society. This was the mission undertook by the University of Michigan to show the truth behind the situation with data.