This chart compares the pay of non-star professional soccer player in the male and female leagues. The numbers 1-50 indicate the players rank. Note the dramatic difference in pay between the players ranked at 50. The man ($246,238) make 10 times as much as the female player (25,516) (Das, 2016).
Women’s Median Annual Earnings as a Percentage of Men’s Earnings for Full-time Work from 1974–2014. This graph shows that pay gap is narrowing but the progressive closing of the gap as slowed in recent years (AAUW, 2016).
PROSPECTS:
• Reduce Poverty - Benefit. Equal pay will reduce poverty rate for 8.1% to 3.9% (Hartmann, Hayes, & Clark, 2014).
• Build Economic Growth - Benefit. Will add $447.6 billion in additional income to U. S. economy (Hartmann et. al., 2014).
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al., 2014).
• Women Workers - Will gain equality in pay and social stating (AAUW, 2016).
• Families - Will raise living standard by increasing family earnings - for single mothers and female breadwinners (AAUW, 2016).
• Pay Gap Exaggeration - Opposing viewpoint. The belief that the gender pay gap is not as wide as statistically believed (Biggs & Perry, 2014).
Difference in work - Opposing viewpoint. Man deserve higher pay for working harder, long, and in more dangerous jobs. Man also have more work experience (Biggs, 2016).
• Mothers wish not to work - Many mother like to stay home. Example: 48% of moms viewed staying home as their ideal (Biggs, 2016).
PROBLEMS:
• Yearly Change in Data - factors and statistical data change frequently, limiting the predictability of future outcomes (Kottasova, 2015).
• Men’s Falling Pay - Drawback. Male pay declined 66% since 1969 due to falling education rates for men and raising rate for women (Sommers,
Women’s Median Annual Earnings as a Percentage of Men’s Earnings for Full-time Work from 1974–2014. This graph shows that pay gap is narrowing but the progressive closing of the gap as slowed in recent years (AAUW, 2016).
PROSPECTS:
• Reduce Poverty - Benefit. Equal pay will reduce poverty rate for 8.1% to 3.9% (Hartmann, Hayes, & Clark, 2014).
• Build Economic Growth - Benefit. Will add $447.6 billion in additional income to U. S. economy (Hartmann et. al., 2014).
• …show more content…
al., 2014).
• Women Workers - Will gain equality in pay and social stating (AAUW, 2016).
• Families - Will raise living standard by increasing family earnings - for single mothers and female breadwinners (AAUW, 2016).
• Pay Gap Exaggeration - Opposing viewpoint. The belief that the gender pay gap is not as wide as statistically believed (Biggs & Perry, 2014).
Difference in work - Opposing viewpoint. Man deserve higher pay for working harder, long, and in more dangerous jobs. Man also have more work experience (Biggs, 2016).
• Mothers wish not to work - Many mother like to stay home. Example: 48% of moms viewed staying home as their ideal (Biggs, 2016).
PROBLEMS:
• Yearly Change in Data - factors and statistical data change frequently, limiting the predictability of future outcomes (Kottasova, 2015).
• Men’s Falling Pay - Drawback. Male pay declined 66% since 1969 due to falling education rates for men and raising rate for women (Sommers,