America: The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. Also referred to as America: The Land of the Free and the Home of the Underpaid. Women are considered the backbones in most families, yet they are often pushed to the side when it comes to pay equity in the workplace. Although people argue that equal pay for women would affect the economy negatively, there are other circumstances you’d have to consider in future economic decisions that could also affect the economy. If the wages were equal to begin with, America wouldn’t have to worry about the economy being affected by the wage gap. People believe that women shouldn’t be paid equal because they don’t work as hard as men, they choose low paying jobs themselves, and they will affect the
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But according to Julie Anderson from the “Institute for Women’s Policy Research,” working mothers do approximately 80 minutes more work everyday than working dads, in the form of childcare and household duties. Anderson states, “They (women) tend to pick up more of the unpaid work within the office -- mentoring junior staff, volunteering for committees, even cleaning the company kitchen -- than their male coworkers.” This is a common trend within the workplace; women help more but benefit less from it. According to Sheryl Sandberg from New York Times, “men who stayed late to help their colleagues were rated 14% more favorably than women who did the same exact thing.” Women are unnoticed in the establishment of companies and have been pushed to the side for centuries. In most cases, women are doing the exact work as a man and still getting paid less, so the belief that men work harder than women is quite …show more content…
If a woman is doing the same exact work as man, but is not getting credited, that is a problem. Most of American’s opinions regarding the wage gap are false because they don’t put every woman into consideration, and mostly pick out the women who abuse their powers in the workforce. Being a successful, working woman shouldn’t have complications if you’re doing the same exact work. U.S. citizens need to realize that the economy will be affected no matter what, women are capable of working the same amount as men, and women don’t choose low-paying jobs on purpose. Pay equity would not only be fair, but it would also portray more women in society as successful role models. This generation and generations that will develop need to see women as role models, and by being unappreciative of their hard work in their professions, this will teach children that men are only capable of being successful in America. We need to move away from the common opinions of an “ideal housewife”, and allow women to get to the professions that they crave and
But according to Julie Anderson from the “Institute for Women’s Policy Research,” working mothers do approximately 80 minutes more work everyday than working dads, in the form of childcare and household duties. Anderson states, “They (women) tend to pick up more of the unpaid work within the office -- mentoring junior staff, volunteering for committees, even cleaning the company kitchen -- than their male coworkers.” This is a common trend within the workplace; women help more but benefit less from it. According to Sheryl Sandberg from New York Times, “men who stayed late to help their colleagues were rated 14% more favorably than women who did the same exact thing.” Women are unnoticed in the establishment of companies and have been pushed to the side for centuries. In most cases, women are doing the exact work as a man and still getting paid less, so the belief that men work harder than women is quite …show more content…
If a woman is doing the same exact work as man, but is not getting credited, that is a problem. Most of American’s opinions regarding the wage gap are false because they don’t put every woman into consideration, and mostly pick out the women who abuse their powers in the workforce. Being a successful, working woman shouldn’t have complications if you’re doing the same exact work. U.S. citizens need to realize that the economy will be affected no matter what, women are capable of working the same amount as men, and women don’t choose low-paying jobs on purpose. Pay equity would not only be fair, but it would also portray more women in society as successful role models. This generation and generations that will develop need to see women as role models, and by being unappreciative of their hard work in their professions, this will teach children that men are only capable of being successful in America. We need to move away from the common opinions of an “ideal housewife”, and allow women to get to the professions that they crave and