In some cases, researchers state that women in the workforce will not get paid equally for the same job function because of gender gap pay. Ironically, since the Equal Pay Act in 1963 passed, companies have not always followed this act and paid women equally. Furthermore, it has also said that the working industry and employers have made substantial progress towards gender equality pay in the workforce. However, “despite these gains the raw wage gap continues to be used in misleading ways to advance public policy agendas without fully explaining the reasons behind the gap” (U.S. Department of Labor, 2009, p. 1).…
This proves that some women are capable of performing equal jobs. Women continue to strive for equality in job titles and pay. Women today are paid, on average, only 77 cents for every dollar paid to men. And the gap is even worse for women of color - African American women earn only 64 cents and Latina women…
The Declaration of Independence says that “all men are created equal,” but where does this apply to women? Women are considered inferior to the male race; it has always been that way. Not only do they receive fewer opportunities than a man, but even their payroll has been affected because of this. In 1963 John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963. This act requires that both male and female employees must be given equal pay for work or you are breaking the law.…
Susan Moller Okin believes the roles of each gender are not equal and explains in her book the many differences how men and women are treated. In a passage from her book, she indicated that women on average only earn 71% of what men earn (Chaffee 606). I agree that both women and men should be paid equally as long as the work they do is on the same level. If a woman performs a job just as well as a man in the same position, then there is no reason why she should be treated or paid any differently. I feel that all people should be paid based on their performance and experience no matter what their gender.…
The gender pay gap has been a sexist issue across the nation for decades. Men and women do not receive the same pay causing issues for law makers and employers everywhere. There has been a Paycheck Fairness Act that has been passed by FLSA to provide equal pay between the sexes as of 2001 (Mikulski para. 3). The Paycheck Fairness Act, “has not been able to achieve its promise of closing the wage gap because of limited enforcement tools and inadequate remedies” continuing to cause controversy (ACLU, 2015, para. 2). Women receive less pay as they get older as well.…
It is even still happening today that women are treated differently. Today, women still make about 16% less money than men (Megan Friedman) and it doesn’t make sense. If a man and woman are doing the same exact job, why are women getting paid…
Women should have equal rights as men do. Women can work the same or even harder than men do and still get paid unfairly. The gender wage gap ,is the difference between male and female earnings expressed as a percentage of male earnings, it is not only about the inequality towards the pay. Higher pay industries or jobs are often dominated by men as Pay Scale stated.…
Today women are still being segregated from men. “Women make 81 cents per every dollar a man makes.” (Weatherington) That is not equality! Just because a women is a different sex makes it seem OKAY for her to get paid less.…
Women and men should be paid the same amount. Yes, Yes because equality among the gender is good but the field of work is totally different. Like for instance women are usually thought of as teachers or nurses or even babysitters. The type of work that prepares the future generation, while men are usually thought of as construction workers or builders or any other job that requires heavy lifting.…
Women in “male” jobs are also paid considerably less. A woman in computer programming in 2012 only earned 84% of what male computer programmers earned, while female financial workers received just 70%. Women make less because they take time off for motherhood is another common argument against the gender pay gap. While this argument is true, it is expected of new mothers to take time off of work to care for children, while not particularly socially acceptable for new fathers to. It doesn’t help that the United States is the only wealthy country that does not require corporations to offer paid maternity leave, and if a mother does decide to leave to raise a child, she suffers a five percent wage penalty when she returns to the workforce.…
Have you ever witnessed being told no because of your sex or physical abilities? In this day and age, it happens more and more everyday. There are still some countries in the world who are keeping those basic rights from women, but more and more women in those same countries are taking a stand and fighting for their own equality. Some of those rights include voting rights, equal pay, and reproductive rights.…
Women choose what they do with their education, “while men were more likely to graduate from college in the 1960s and 1970s, since the 1990s, the majority of all undergraduate and graduate degrees have gone to women” (Stevenson). Women have the ability to get equal pay considering they have the education they need to go into the workforce, women aren’t applying themselves and don’t get equal pay as a result. To say women aren’t getting paid equally isn’t fair considering they are capable of choosing high paying jobs and working…
Women work in lower-paid sectors than men do. There isn’t a gap in the pay between genders that do the same job, but a gap between the pay of the jobs that each gender gravitate towards. As a matter of fact, 90% of women are employed in the lowest-paid jobs . This is the reason why women earn less, not because they are paid less for the same job, they gravitate towards lower paid work. Common jobs for men are jobs like software developers, construction and computer system operators; women gravitate towards jobs like nurses, primary school teaching and human resources and administration.…
In America, one tends to think both women and men are paid equally, but women are paid less than men even at the exact same job. According to the article, “The Wage Gap 2014” in 2012 as full time workers, men made $854 per week while women only made $691, a gender wage ratio of 80.9 percent. The pay gap is larger than most people realize even with both a man and a woman having a college education. This has been an issue for America since 1868 and still is not resolved today. With women working the same jobs as men, it is only fair that they should be paid the same as the men working with them.…
Throughout history, women have been making lower salaries than men. In 1963 an equal pay act was passed, fast-forward 46 years later, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay of 2009 was passed. Then in 2014, President Barack Obama signed two executive orders on equal pay. It is now 2016 and women have not yet achieved equal pay with men. Women 's average yearly salary is still less than men 's. Many have placed the blame on women 's lack of negotiation and personal choices.…