Equal pay for women

unequal between the sexes. Women do have to pay the cost because she is a female as far as getting paid at a lower income. According to Padavic and Reskin (2002), “Women bear the primary responsibility for child rearing and other unpaid domestic work” (p. 131). Women are expected to be more committed in caring for family, household duties without pay, and spending less time at work. Men are usually more productive and put in more hours than women do at work which determines the pay gap (Padavic…

underestimated women. It was not long ago that women could not even vote in this country. Since America is one of the most industrialized nation, people would assume that women and men would get paid equally when doing the same job. However, America happens to be one of the most industrialized and modern nations that discriminate against its women. People with different backgrounds have different opinions on why equal pay for equal work is right or wrong. Nevertheless, women should get equal pay…

California Fair Pay Act The California Fair Pay act was signed into law by Governor Brown, this act proposed by Senator Hannah Jackson, proposes that equal pay should not be based on the gender of the employee, but on factors like seniority or skill level. Since 1949, when the California Equal Pay act was passed, women are still earning less than their male counterparts. On average many women are paid 78 cents per every dollar what a man earns doing similar work. Minority women have it even…

for girls. Since women in Pakistan do not have equal rights, the Taliban issued a death threat against her for standing up for equality for women. Since Yousafzai is an educational advocate, she went to school, and on her way home from school one day she was shot by a gunman. She survived the shooting and eventually went on to win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize and promote the importance of women’s education. Although Yousafzai does not live in America, it is important for all women across the world…

Because advertisers promote male sports, people are willing to pay for NBA tickets which are sold for $10-120 unlike the “WNBA” tickets sold for $10-35 a seat in women’s basketball unlike (Female Athletes Salaries 1). Men receive so much money from sponsors unlike women. Is this because of their talent, or the sponsor’s ability to promote the team or athlete? It is known that men’s sports in general bring in higher ratings than women’s sports, because they are not televised as much. On the…

In the article, “14%: WHY SO FEW WOMEN AT THE TOP?” by Beverly Creamer, Creamer questions the nationwide stagnation of female cooperate executives between the years 2005 and 2011. She also correlates how gender roles have impacted Hawaiian corporate culture and how the legal system has both hindered and facilitated progress in pay discrimination. Creamer refers to a 2011 Catalyst survey of Fortune 500 leadership, asserting that for every seven executive officers only one is female, a 14%…

the current wage disparity. The passing of the Equal Pay Act, however, has not helped and therefore must be amended to take into account the discrimination that women are faced with when being hired by possible employers. The passing of more laws must be done in order to ensure the equality of pay. Although the Equal Pay Act of 1963 does not efficiently abolish the gender disparity in pay that exists, passing more legislation may be detrimental to ensuring equality in the work force. Marcia D.…

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…

Women have struggled to be equal for over a century (Imbornoni, n.d.). Minority women have a steeper mountain to climb to reach equality. Women are able to demonstrate their abilities to provide equal contributions to employers. And, up to recently women have progressed in the armed forces by passing rigorous training to become the most elite in the United States Army. The opportunity to join the Rangers was only offered to men. This proves that some women are capable of performing equal…

The Gender Wage Gap In 1963 the Federal government passed the Equal Pay Act to prohibit employers from discriminating based on the way employees of opposite sexes are compensated. The Act required employers to compensate employees of equal skill, effort, and responsibility, equally. While the gender wage gap has closed significantly since then, women are still making less than men at the same jobs. A portion of the pay gap for working young college graduates can be attributed to their individual…