The Importance Of The Gender Pay Gap

An issue I believe of social concern are issues involving women and the resources that are available to them. Within the issues of women concerns are the gender pay gap, the discussion within the government recently about whether or not to continue the funding of Planned Parenthood or to defund it, and gender gap in different career fields among more. The main one of the examples that I gave that I will focus on is the gender gap and difference in jobs and the career market for men compared to women. I believe that this is a larger public issue as it can effect up to nearly half of the population not only in the United States, but also around the world. Throughout history there has been a common stereotype that women should be the child reerers, home makers, cooks, and of the most dainty and delicate of creatures. In more recent years, women have become less of home makers and gone out into the job market in order to make …show more content…
Even now in 2016, a man is more likely to be considered more likely to be qualified for a job position than a woman, even if they have the same experience and level of education. All reasons why I feel that this is an issue that effects more than a small group of people or an individual. Through the presentation of studies and statistics, there have been many efforts by more and more companies and places of employment in order to hire more women into positions that would predominantly be held by men. There has been more and more advocacy in recent years in order to have women in positions of authority within companies. A theory that I have learned about through my internship is the Glass Cliff Theory, which explains that a common issue within companies is that they are more likely to put a woman in a position of authority such as a CEO position, when the company is going south in profits, as a means to turn the company’s current downhill fall profitable again. Sadly, when they don’t get the results that