The Gap

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Throughout history, a wage gap has existed between genders. It has slightly closed since the 1960’s, but is still existent today. Recent studies have shown that the average working woman makes 78 percent of what the average working man makes. In other words, women make 78 cents to every dollar a man makes. (Vogtman and Robbins, 1). It is evident that this gap needs to close. Although the wage gap is said to end with time by some; others believe it can be stopped by raising the federal minimum…

I believe that there are many societal gender issues that need to be addressed but one of the more significant issues is the gender wage gap. The gender wage gap (or gender pay gap) is the term that is used to describe wage inequality among men and women. In recent years, a high degree of awareness has been brought to this issue as more women enter the workforce, obtain college degrees, and climb the corporate ladder. This topic has also received heightened media attention from female…

of this ever growing “gap” is no secret to any global citizen. Although this gap has been evident for decades, we must ask ourselves how has this gap continued to grow as the world advances. How can one measure the size of this gap if it is not actually visible? By comparing the economic statues of multiple developed and developing countries along with their levels of gender equality that obviously contributes to the economic gap. These factors can be used to assess the gap that has grown and…

buying and selling creates a status for each person. People can be divided into three classes based on their income: low, middle, and upper. The wealth gap can destroy societies and countries. The wealth gap shows the difference between the wealthy and the poor. In the United States, the wealth gap is a problem. There are two causes for the wealth gap in the United States, which are creating many negative…

students. The model outlines the rationale of the knowledge, motivation and organizational gaps that play a role in the implicit bias of officers. Moreover, it considers the influences that impact the stakeholder goal to develop an encounter protocol plan to increase officer awareness of implicit biases and de-escalation proficiencies among officers and underrepresented minorities. The Clark and Estes (2008) gap analysis detailed the importance of knowledge influences, the usefulness of…

One major reason for the “achievement gap” between K-12 students in low and high income families is a related “enrichment gap” between those same groups. Enrichment entails any activity that aids in a child’s ability to learn in their formal educational setting (i.e., school)-- this could mean after-school programs,tutoring, music lessons, summer camp, sports programs, study-abroad opportunities, visits to cultural institutions, et cetera. Wealthier families are able to spend more money towards…

things I see that is often misrepresented is the pay gap. The pay gap feminists proposes seems to show that women get paid much less for the same job. In some feminist articles I read they say the pay gap shows white women make 78 cents for every dollar a white man makes and a latina women makes 58 cents. While I don’t doubt this is true it isn’t the pay in the same job which I don’t think is mentioned enough in feminist articles. This pay gap exists because of the different job choices women…

order to debunk the language gap ideology promoted by Hart and Risley (1995), a course of action that differs from the traditional approach in educating children from lower social economic statuses (SES) must be generated. Eric J. Johnson, the author of Debunking the “Language Gap,” outlines the misguided beliefs and assumptions of the word gap that has been expressed by Hart and Risley. The underlying assumption about the word gap is the concept of how a 30 million word gap exists between…

The wage gap in America is still a problem that affects thousands of women and most importantly women of color, today. Many women have been a victim of the wage gap between men and women and many think it’s not fair and we should all be equal. A wage gap is when an individual gets paid more or less than another person for the equal amount of labor. Other countries around the world are already beyond this point and have equal pay between women and men. Countries like Italy, Norway, Slovenia, and…