Equal Pay Discrimination Against Women

In 1963, the Equal Pay Act was passed that didn’t allow employers to pay women less money than men for the exact same job. Even after all of the victories for Women’s Rights, women still aren’t being treated equally. They suffer from sexual harassment, a wage gap, and not being able to advance in the workplace. These problems continue to effect the lives of women all around the United States. Organization try to spread the word about the unequal treatment of women to everyone. If more people took a stand against this issue we could make the pay of men and women exactly the same.

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into effect a landmark legislation that would guarantee equal pay to both men and women working under the same employer. However, to this present day, women still only make, on average, 77 cents to every dollar that a male earns. This paper focuses on some of the underlying problems as to why there is still such a large gender pay discrimination over half a century later. More specifically, some of the policies maybe could be put in place and the positive impact(s) each policy could have on women in the work place. Lastly, we will look at some of the laws that have been in place, and how effective or ineffective they have been.

Equality has been a topic of major discussion in the last decade. Equality, which definition consists of the state of being equal or the same, has not had a major impact on gender pay. Men are known to make more money than women simply based on gender. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was supported by President John F. Kennedy to cease the gender pay gap and allow women equal rights in wages as men. Although, it has been fifty four years since The Equal Pay Act of 1963 went into effect, it seems as if the idea for equal pay for women is still not only a topic for debate, but also an issue for women that needs to be resolved.

“Imagine you 're a little girl. You 're growing up. You practice as hard as you can, with girls, with boys. You have a dream. You fight, you work, you sacrifice to get to this stage. You work as hard as anyone you know. And then you get to this stage, and you 're told you 're not the same as a boy. Almost as good, but not quite the same. Think how devastating and demoralizing that could be” Venus Williams. For years, women have worked as hard as men to get an education, get their dream job, or even get a promotion in a job they are currently at so they can earn less pay than a man and not even know it. They take on these important roles and titles as a manager or take on more jobs than they can handle to prove they are worthy as the next guy and to receive no raise or still underpaid to the guy who does not work as hard or have the same job title. However, women and men have begun to see this a problem and started to work together to make a change. Women makeup over half the workforce and are seen, if not equal, or are the breadwinner in four out of ten families (About Pay Equity & Discrimination 1). Women in the workforce should earn the same pay as men because they work hard to get an education, their race should not play into an effect, and they support a family.

Equal pay for women and even minority groups should be expected, and should not be an issue today. “In 1963, women who worked full-time, year-round made 59 cents on average for every dollar earned by men. In 2010, women earned 77 cents to men's dollar. That means that the wage gap has narrowed by less than half a cent per year” (National Committee on Pay Equity). The Equal Pay Act attempted to make equal pay and get rid of discrimination in the workplace has continued to slowly progress, but it is still extremely large today. As of 2017, women earn about eighty cents for every dollar earned by men. Furthermore, the amount of time the Equal Pay Act is taking is ridiculous and should immediately change women's income in the workplace. Equality for pay doesn’t look like it will be happening very soon, “Based on its research, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research estimated in 2015 that women won’t

The oppression of women through occupationally established sex segregation and the gender wage difference remains an important economic discussion. The overall gender wage gap has fallen significantly since 1890 to its current rate of 21.4%. Women are making great strides increasing their labor market experience and skills. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Report 58.6% of women make up the labor force, 50.2% have multiple jobs, and 75.4% of single mothers are in the labor force. Today more women are head of households. Despite all the progress a large gender pay gap still exist. This is not simply a result of women’s choices, but structural, economic and social barriers that limit women’s ability to compete resulting in lower pay.

In today's society women are still discriminated like they were many years ago. It is not as bad and they have gained many more rights over the years, but there are still equality problems like how much they get paid. All over the states women are faced with unequal pay for working the same exact job that men are, as low as getting 66% of what men make. To solve this problem of unequal pay for women the Senate could pass the Paycheck Fairness Act that has been denied many times over the years. There are ideas that certain occupations are only meant to be for a certain gender, which limits both men and women from possibly achieving their dream job. Women face oppression in society all the time because they have a certain set of standards they

Pay equity, another form of discrimination, is a concern throughout America. On average, women continue to earn much less than men earn (while performing the same work). There are two primary reasons for this travesty: Women anticipate shorter and more sporadic work lives, and women, on average, have less work experience than men (Kim). Women should receive equal pay for equal work despite any circumstances. In 2015, women earned a mind-boggling seventy-nine cents for every dollar that a man earned. This statistic demonstrated that there is a gender wage gap of almost twenty percent. Moreover, women must work until April 12th of a given year to earn what men earned in the previous year. To make matters worse, equal pay day for minority women

In fact, progress for women and minorities in terms of both pay and power has stalled or regressed at many of the nation's biggest companies. This inequality shapes perceptions about who can or should be a leader.” (Hymowitz, 2008) This statement shows applicable reasoning as to why it is necessary to have equal pay between women and men in the workplace. When a company decides they are going to pay someone less money solely based off their gender without regards to their experience, it is discrimination and therefore the company is no longer an equal opportunity employer. Such practices need to be banned so our nation can truly say that we are all equal. Women need to form an alliance to prevent such discrimination from occurring and force our government to prohibit inequality in companies.

This action would not involve internal deception. Some may say that if the jobs are equal then they should have equal pay. If this is true, I think that Job B should have a higher pay. This means that Job A does not lose any pay because that there are more applicants, but that Job B has more alluring pay to get more applicants. If this tactic is taken, the action does not benefit one at the expense of another. This action would also follow the “Golden Rule”. If I was the manager, I would feel comfortable making this action public. This shows transparency in the company, which is good externally and internally. In this situation, we are paying for the job and not the person doing that job. That being said, this is the best action to take

However, the positive impact of international trade on female-male wage discrepancies is not uniforms to all countries. In several developing countries, the Berik et al (2004), found a compelling findings that contrast with neoclassical theory in Taiwan and Korea. Contrast with neoclassical theory, international trade in concentrated industries in these two open economy countries, is positively associated with wage discrimination against women. In addition to that, Seguino (2007) used manufacturing-data level confirmed that in Korea, international trade weaker the bargaining power for women labor to gain wage increases.

From the beginning of time the male and female have been expected to perform certain roles in society. Males have been expected to work and provide for their family while the female raises the children, cooks, cleans and keeps the house in order. Today many women have broken that tradition and are starting their careers and becoming more independent. Even though females today are braking away from that stereotype, they are being discriminated in the work place because there are still individuals out there that believe that women should play a certain role and that they are not strong enough to work in a cooperation or

The Pennsylvania Senate passed an amendment to the Equal Pay Law that specified that employers and labor unions cannot require an employee not to disclose their wages and that they can’t retaliate against an employer who files a complaint or inquiry regarding wages. Local attorneys said the new amendment—if signed into law as is—would not have a huge effect on businesses in Pennsylvania because of federal laws already in place and many suggested that employers document their reasoning of any pay gaps.

Throughout the years women have made great effort to become equal to men. This effort has led to great advances in the movement, but not all of the problems are solved yet. One of the main problems as of right now is the unequal treatment of men and women in the work place. Women are not equal to men in the workplace because of unequal pay, a lack of women in managerial positions, and sexual harassment in the work place.

Gender discrimination against women is out of control across the world and seeps into many aspects of women 's lives. This discrimination harms women in two ways. First, women directly experience stressful events. The experience of sexism is so common that some research suggests women can experience one to two instances of everyday sexism. But women aren 't only harmed by sexism through the physical stress caused by others. They are harmed to the extent that they internalize and adopt these sexist attitudes that can manifest as poor self-concept. This negative self-concept often obvious on a subconscious level, as women and men will demonstrate automatic negative biases against women (Ferguson, 2013).