Gender Pay Gap Analysis

According to Emily Martin,” If we don't close the gender wage gap, the typical 20-year-old woman starting full-time work today stands to lose $418,800 over a 40-year career compared to her male counterpart. When he retires at age 60, she would have to work 10 more years, to age 70, to make up the difference and close this lifetime wage gap.” It is very unacceptable for a man to get paid more than a woman if they’re doing the same job. Upon my research I came upon two most common excuses which were “Men work harder than women,” and “women leave the workforce to have children.” As you can see, I referred to these sayings as “excuses” because they were more likely to come from a man's perspective and can be proven otherwise. Some men are able to get paid more because of their physical …show more content…
According to Alycia Adams “Statistics bear it out. More women are wage earners than ever before: While there was a 46% difference in the workforce participation rate between men and women in 1970, that narrowed to just 14% in 2015. Women are the primary breadwinners in 40% of families, a number that is steadily on the rise. Although women are paid on maternity leave, it is the most effective cause of the gender pay gap between women and men. For example, some women end up working from home or jobless after conceiving a child. In “6 Excuses for the Gender Pay Gap You Can Stop Using” Alycia Adams states:
A recent ICEDR global study found that company leaders believe that women around the age of 30 leave the workforce because they can’t find the proper work-life balance or are planning to have children. But in fact, when the same study asked women why they are actually leaving, it found that the reason had less to do with babies or balance and more with making bank. “I found a job elsewhere and it pays more” was the top response, given by some 65% of respondents.(6 Excuses for the Gender Pay Gap,