The poll we did asking about if a woman could be a principal of a yeshiva day school came out resoundingly in favor. 82% yes to 15% no. I was actually surprised that so many more said "no" than "ask a Rav" since I thought that the only objection anyone would have would be that it has to go through the proper halachic channels.
The reason it's relevant to a blog about tuition is that we always hear about how admins need to make so much money because they have big families that they are supporting on their own. But what if one of the Morahs who have a husband who is also working were principal. Could we then pay them more in line with what principals of small non-yeshivas make?
Now of course you can't pay less to a woman than you were paying to a man for performing the same job. But as the economy improves and salaries start going up perhaps the principal's salary wouldn't increase as fast if the principal couldn't guilt us into paying more because they were the sole providers for their families.
The only ones who I know would object to the proposal would be the National Council of Young Israel who issued an edict declaring that women (and converts) can't serve as presidents or vice-presidents of shuls. But I don't care what they have to say because their leadership is about as legitimate as Kim Jong-un's.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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JS (hello) · 684 weeks ago
I'll just note that this attitude is so completely bizarre to me and I don't think I've ever heard of it or seen it outside the "yeshiva world." How does someone having a large family entitle them to get paid more money, exactly? Someone wants to have a lot of kids, that's on them. Find a way of feeding and clothing them. Your wife doesn't work or makes a piddling salary? Too bad, that's your and her choice. I don't get to go over to my boss and say, "Hey, we'd really like to have a whole bunch of kids, but you see my wife doesn't work or she never really pursued a serious degree or a serious career so I'm going to need you to raise my salary, OK? Great!" It's seriously unbelievable.
How exactly is it any different than all of the scholarship families people are always complaining about? Isn't the argument against them that they had too many kids that they can't afford?
The Orthodox community (yes, even the Modern Orthodox community) is stuck in the 1950's. You get paid what you're worth. You don't get paid extra because you're a man. Women work nowadays. They have serious careers. The whole community needs a serious attitude adjustment. You want a large family? You want a wife that stays at home or doesn't work many hours? Earn it. Make enough money to support that luxury.
Sheesh. I can't believe the stuff the community subsidizes.
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