Disparity For Women's Rights

It is not up for debate whether women are discriminated against in the workplace, it is evident in census data; in 2013, among full-time, year-round workers, women were paid 78 percent of what men were paid. It is said that the organizations that are pro-equal pay, including some unions, support the idea that the government should set wages for all jobs. To the contrary, the organizations that are proponents of equal pay are not for job wages being set by the government-they wish to have the discrimination taken out of pay scales from within the company. Commonly, this pay gap is attributed to the fact that women in the United States are still expected to attend to familial obligations over work.

In our constitution we are all equal, but why are we not paid equally? The gender wage gap movement will result in social change because it is bringing awareness to women in the workplace getting paid lower than her male counterpart. On the other hand, many other people may argue that the gap is not because of gender, it is because men work longer hours compared to women since they have children to take care of. I believe that this movement could improve by making people more aware of the through more examples such as the Women’s U.S.A. Soccer Team wanting more pay and equal pay.

Ninety-five years ago the nineteenth amendment was passed giving women in America the right to vote (America’s Historical Documents), this was a pivotal step for women rights. Since then women’s rights have increasingly advanced throughout America: in politics and in the workforce. In fact “women today make up almost half of all worker in the United States” (The State of Women in America). Sadly though, women are paid less than males in the workforce. "Women in the United States are paid only 77 cents for every dollar a man makes" (The State of Women in America). One question that derives from this topic is: why are women still not getting paid as much as men? Women should get paid as equally as men do. A fair argument to make against the topic is the difference in the types of work a woman and a man does (Debate). For example in construction men are tasked with most of the heavy lifting as opposed to a women that do not have as much

“I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women.” (Susan B. Anthony) Susan B. Anthony said this over a hundred years ago, when the woman’s suffrage movement was just beginning in the United States. Even after all this time, the gender wage gap is a still hot topic in the United States today. Popular stars and politicians including Kate Winslet, Jennifer Lawrence, and Hillary Clinton all have something to say about it. There is even a section of thewhitehouse.gov dedicated to discussing the gender wage gap which is the comparison of women 's wages to men’s wages in the United States (“Equal Pay”). It is pretty common knowledge in the United States that women make 78 cents to a man’s dollar. However, it is not common knowledge that this is only comparing white women to white men (“The Simple Truth”). Women of color make even less than that, Latinas making the least, only 54 cents to a white man’s dollar. The Latina wage gap is largely ignored by the media because of the complicated politics of racial and gender based discrimination.

America was founded in 1776, but it wasn’t until more than 150 years later when women were even allowed to vote. Although we have come a long way since then, women in this country are still not equal to men. The wage gap is a commonly cited example of this, but it’s not what it seems to be. On first glance it seems that women are paid only 79 cents to a man’s dollar, and

One key issue that is covered by the Women’s Rights movement is shrinking the pay gap. Currently in the U.S. women earn roughly eighty cents to every full dollar earned by a man ("Pay Equity"). This accounts for the fact that the average American male

Retired women are twice as likely as retired men to live in poverty. Although many people believe that the United States doesn’t fit into the category of unequal rights for women because of the rights women in the United States have compared to the rest of the world, that thinking couldn’t be farther from the truth, since the United States culture and the world culture around women is not favored towards women.

The United States should give women more rights. It is unfair on how men get paid more than women when they're both working the same job. Those women are working as hard as the men, but they still don't get paid the same amount. Women go to school,

The Constitution states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men were created equal”. Yet, it is the twentieth century and we still haven’t reached this state. Women believed that when we gained the rights to vote discrimination would be over, but they were wrong. Today women are paid a large percentage amount less than men are paid, and the percentage is worse for colored women. In the following paragraphs I will be providing you with stunning facts about the wage gap that you may not have known even existed.

Equal rights for women has been in an ongoing conversation throughout America, especially when it comes to the workforce. Equal pay and opportunity has been fought for, for many years. But can the workforce really be equal if the women do not do their part to strive and stay in work? In Sheryl Sandberg's Ted Talk “Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders” she discusses the topic of how women can rise to the top and become leaders in the world by staying in their line of work. She explains that although equality for women has progressed, leadership positions often lack female occupants. (Sandberg, 2010, page 12) She backs her statements using logos as she goes farther into detail by sharing statistical data. Sandberg gives three fairly simple

For many decades, the male gender has managed to uphold a role of dominance, leaving American women in a position of disadvantage in what should be an equally privileged setting. As a result, the issue continues to influence the existence of gender inequality, and with it being associated with the unequal pay rates, the issue remains to influence society still today. Prior to several women favoring laws, such as, the Women’s Rights Act, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The Equal Pay Act, Civil Rights Act, etc., women have been obligated to overcome discriminating obstacles within society since the beginning. Although equality and discrimination have been a common struggle for women historically, moving forward, history has advanced and developed over time, informing society and providing them with access to resources. The most recent events in the 2016 election display the levels at which history and the American people have changed, where we nearly voted for the first female candidate as president. Yet, while job positions, pay rates, and the cost of living, have all increased substantially with time, one significant topic remains stable, and that is the average pay difference between men in America, remains to exceed that of women’s.

The National Women’s Law Center states, “American women who work full time, year round are paid only 80 cents for every dollar paid men – and for women of color, the wage gap is even larger.” Women, as human beings and equals, have never been treated equally in the work place. However, today it varies from company to company on how much a woman is paid and if there equality in that salary, but there is not universal law that makes it one hundred percent equal. This wage gap specifically causes more issues because women are treated less than and are viewed unimportant at work.

Equality is a sensitive topic. We all heard it all during the past elections. There are only few politicians who lobby for equal pay, equal rights, equality across the board specifically if you are a woman. In April of 2016, Hillary Clinton a Democratic Presidential Candidate said in an interview with New York Times she would “use every tool” to close the wage gap. “It’s something that is long overdue, but I know we’ve just got to keep moving forward.”

the advocacy of women 's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.

If we can remove all the inequities and put women on equal basis with men, we recognize that we can reveal human potential very drastically. This is simply achieved by allowing women the same access and capabilities as men. We are so much closer to achieving equality between men and women than we have ever been before.