Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained. A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house.
Today, on average, a woman earns 79 cents for every dollar a man earns, and womenâs median annual earnings are $10,800 less than menâs, according to a report released by the Senate Joint Economic Committee Democratic Staff last April.
Today, there is a significant gender gap in views about how men and women are paid. A strong majority of women (62%) say that if a man and a woman are doing the same work, the man generally earns more; only 47% of men agree. Women are fairly united in their views on this question.