Gender Wage Gap
“Women earn less than men in every state and region of the country; women earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. The Equal Pay Act was put into act in 1963” (Meric, Linda), and yet there is still a wage gap between men and women. There is no reason for men to be paid more than women for the same job. We need to notice that this is still happening even after laws have been passed to stop it. We need to stand up and fight for the sake of women's equality, education, and family life.
Equality is the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. Women have been fighting for equality for decades. What makes a man different then a woman, besides in physical appearance. Men and women have broken down …show more content…
Sadly, men tend to earn more the more children they have, whereas women see their pay go down with each additional child. If it is more likely for a mother to leave the workplace to go raise children, then shouldn't you try to persuade her to say with more money or benefits to help her become more flexible around those areas. "With women and men increasingly sharing breadwinning and caregiving responsibilities, today’s working families need a modern workplace – one with workplace flexibility, paid leave and quality child and elder care"(Bidwell, Allie). We need to modernize how the workplace is operated so that families can have more ways to work around other areas of their lives. When people have more time and flexibility to do there work, they are prone to have better productivity. Making the workplace a better place while, workers feel more confident about how other aspects of their lives are …show more content…
They include, but aren't limited to, back pay, attorneys' fees, injunctive relief, prejudgment interest, $300,000 in punitive and compensatory damages, an additional $10,000 in penalties, and a prison sentence of up to six months for an employer who willfully violates the law.(Skoning, Gerald)
These laws are not here to give women an advantage to get more money from their employers, but they are here to raise women to the same playing field as men. Women got the right to vote in the 1920’s, and we have come along way with women's equality, education, and family life since then. Women have overcame being lesser than men to being almost equal to them.“The gender wage gap will not close with just women, we need…[everyone]... to help too”(Little, Anita). Your mother, sister, wife, and girlfriends maybe being discriminated against at their place of work. Are we going to stand for this? Are we going to let this continue to happen? No! We are going to stand up to these companies that are doing this and demand that they makes these changes to how they pay, and perceive
“Women earn less than men in every state and region of the country; women earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. The Equal Pay Act was put into act in 1963” (Meric, Linda), and yet there is still a wage gap between men and women. There is no reason for men to be paid more than women for the same job. We need to notice that this is still happening even after laws have been passed to stop it. We need to stand up and fight for the sake of women's equality, education, and family life.
Equality is the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. Women have been fighting for equality for decades. What makes a man different then a woman, besides in physical appearance. Men and women have broken down …show more content…
Sadly, men tend to earn more the more children they have, whereas women see their pay go down with each additional child. If it is more likely for a mother to leave the workplace to go raise children, then shouldn't you try to persuade her to say with more money or benefits to help her become more flexible around those areas. "With women and men increasingly sharing breadwinning and caregiving responsibilities, today’s working families need a modern workplace – one with workplace flexibility, paid leave and quality child and elder care"(Bidwell, Allie). We need to modernize how the workplace is operated so that families can have more ways to work around other areas of their lives. When people have more time and flexibility to do there work, they are prone to have better productivity. Making the workplace a better place while, workers feel more confident about how other aspects of their lives are …show more content…
They include, but aren't limited to, back pay, attorneys' fees, injunctive relief, prejudgment interest, $300,000 in punitive and compensatory damages, an additional $10,000 in penalties, and a prison sentence of up to six months for an employer who willfully violates the law.(Skoning, Gerald)
These laws are not here to give women an advantage to get more money from their employers, but they are here to raise women to the same playing field as men. Women got the right to vote in the 1920’s, and we have come along way with women's equality, education, and family life since then. Women have overcame being lesser than men to being almost equal to them.“The gender wage gap will not close with just women, we need…[everyone]... to help too”(Little, Anita). Your mother, sister, wife, and girlfriends maybe being discriminated against at their place of work. Are we going to stand for this? Are we going to let this continue to happen? No! We are going to stand up to these companies that are doing this and demand that they makes these changes to how they pay, and perceive