Once women began entering the working world an issue arose from the gender based wages. Women began to notice how much more men got paid for the same amount of work which went against America’s founding viewpoint that all men are created equal. As one can tell the two sides of the matter are whether or not women deserve the pay. Although laws were passed in the United States to end the gender wage gap, women still suffer the unfair payment; therefore, the country’s governments needs to enforce or implement more laws to end the gap. Before a person can define their standpoint on a topic, he or she must first consider if the issues exist. According to the rage of women and media standpoint there is an issue to discuss between the gap. Truthfully
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These men believe in the thought process proven in Lester Thurow’s article, “Why are Women Paid Less Than Men” when he states women “are less reliable workers who are more apt to leave the labor force”. Those beliefs, however, end up causing a backlash. Allowing women to have a lower income causes a loss of potential money for their families. Lester Thurow concludes “When men discriminate against women they have to know that they are lowering their own family income and increasing their own work effort”. Therefore, men will lose more time they could use to spend with their family like going to sports games, school activities, or family events. In effect to the less income, people spend less resulting in loss of production for companies. Also, women work for the same reason as men do, to provide for themselves and their family. Women workers only want to aid their families, and they deserve to be treated equally in the …show more content…
As in every situation there is substantial information to back each side, but people must ask themselves which side has the greater good and why. Without question, most women believe that they deserve equal pay, especially in America, but they cannot receive the same pay if one of their occupations’ rules does not let women receive their money. Most importantly men and businessmen need to realize the importance to give the undermined women their money and the impact the money has on society. In this era women are know to work, unlike the 1950s where men were stereotyped as the only provider of the house. Once again the world has revolved into a new way of doing things which gives the government to change in the
These men believe in the thought process proven in Lester Thurow’s article, “Why are Women Paid Less Than Men” when he states women “are less reliable workers who are more apt to leave the labor force”. Those beliefs, however, end up causing a backlash. Allowing women to have a lower income causes a loss of potential money for their families. Lester Thurow concludes “When men discriminate against women they have to know that they are lowering their own family income and increasing their own work effort”. Therefore, men will lose more time they could use to spend with their family like going to sports games, school activities, or family events. In effect to the less income, people spend less resulting in loss of production for companies. Also, women work for the same reason as men do, to provide for themselves and their family. Women workers only want to aid their families, and they deserve to be treated equally in the …show more content…
As in every situation there is substantial information to back each side, but people must ask themselves which side has the greater good and why. Without question, most women believe that they deserve equal pay, especially in America, but they cannot receive the same pay if one of their occupations’ rules does not let women receive their money. Most importantly men and businessmen need to realize the importance to give the undermined women their money and the impact the money has on society. In this era women are know to work, unlike the 1950s where men were stereotyped as the only provider of the house. Once again the world has revolved into a new way of doing things which gives the government to change in the