Equal Pay For Equal Work

Throughout most of documented history women of all cultures and civilizations have lived under patriarchal circumstances. In almost every religion and civilization women's status was not equal to that of a man's. Women in most cultures are looked at as subservient, obedient creatures that were put on this world for very few reasons, mainly to bear children and do what their husbands require of them. In fact, religions are a big part of the reason of this oppression due to the religion's reinforcement and justification of patriarchal conditions. In this week's selected readings from different aspects of Islamic, Byzantine Christian, and Western Christian cultures, it is very apparent as to how these three religions did reinforce and

Gender inequality has maintained the suppression of women worldwide and unfortunately has impacted third world countries with the greatest magnitude. Everyday in these countries there are countless occurrences of physical, emotional, and psychological abuse that must be acknowledged as a primary concern for the world to help overcome. It is however important to recognize specific cultural and religious practices of gender hierarchy that are accepted by women in these countries. While keeping this in mind it is of paramount importance to keep sight of the consequences of abusing these cultural practices at the expense of women’s liberation and development.

In all areas of life and society the treatment and well being of women have always been challenged. In many religions the role and status of its women are usually overwhelmed by the actions and roles of its men this inequality of religions between male and female allows these feelings and ideology of which sex is superior or inferior to bleed into a society’s culture thus shaping their treatment of their men and women.

“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.

A current political issue in the United States is unequal payment based on the sex of the one who is employed. Rick McKee uses he editorial cartoon, “Equal Pay,” to indirectly characterize our current president, and create some irony around the whole topic of inequality in paychecks. McKee intends to reach all possible viewers/voters to make the president appear to have some hypocrisy to create some irony surrounding the president and his people-pleasing executive orders. The moral points in this piece of artwork are: if someone wants others to change they should change first, one cannot blame their mistakes on someone else, and be humble. The main purposes of this satirical cartoon is to criticize the current president’s lack of knowledge of the issue of unequal pay going on even with those that work for him, and his attitude of a hypocrite to blame what he is in charge of on other people.

Government has tackled the issue of pay equity for several decades, through a string of Acts. The issue arose as part of the discussion of civil rights in the 1960s but the conversation continues today. The concept of equal pay for equal work has philosophical roots in the doctrine of equality, where all Americans are considered to be equal under the law and entitled to equal rights. The issue of equal pay became a public policy topic as a means of enforcing this equality doctrine. This paper will discuss not only the doctrine, but the history of equal pay legislation from the Civil Rights Act to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.

The fight for equality amongst the genders has been a long one for American women. Although during the country’s history, the government has granted many rights to women, in hoping for equality amongst genders, these rights have been poorly enforced. Many companies still pay their women workers less than their male counterparts for doing the same job because of issues like cultural bias. Women cannot seek for equal pay because of their ignorance to the specifics of the wage gap or because of the fear of retribution. While all of this still holds true, California has taken a step further in closing the gender wage gap with the passing of the Fair Pay Act in 2015 which bans pay secrecy and retribution for inquiry of earnings. It is hopefully only through the strict enforcement of this act and the setting up educational programs that California can hope to successfully

On average, American women earn 80 cents to every dollar that an American man earns, and the gap for African American women is even larger. According to the textbook, there are four main reasons the pay gap persists those are: “Women are concentrated in lower paying jobs, Women enter the labor force at different and lower-paying levels than men, Women as a group have less education and experience than men; therefor, they are paid less, and women tend to work less over time (pg. 231, Stanely, Zinn, and Smith).” While this is factual information it does not explain why men and women with the same education, work history, skills, and previous experiences have a difference in pay. It is time we fix not only the pay

In January 2009, President Barack Obama signed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act alongside Lilly Ledbetter, an equal pay activist. This Act allowed women and men to receive the same pay regardless of any reasoning. In his speech, President Obama personally thanked Ledbetter for her effort on being an advocate for the equality of American workers, especially women (Obama). Eight years in and significant parts of the population are still frustrated over uneven pays in the United States and around the world.

The United States Women’s National soccer team overpowered Columbia on April 6, 2016. The United States Women’s National team ended up beating Columbia 7-0 in East Hartford Connecticut. The Pratt and Whitney Stadium was filled with 21,792 chilled fans cheering and chanting for equal pay. There were many signs saying “Equal Play=Equal Pay,” and “Grass Only,” a reference to the artificial turf fields that the women’s team has been bothered about for many years now. After the game, The New York Times interviewed with Becky Sauerbrunn, a defender on the team. She said, “We have the best fans in the world” and “To support us like that, we’re really appreciative.” I was actually at the game on April sixth and it was a very moving game. When the players

The Guardian article “The USA women's national team are demanding equal pay. Is it realistic?” written by Beau Dure discusses the interview held by CBS’s 60 Minutes about the USA women’s national soccer team’s drive for equal pay. There have been scarce meetings between US soccer and representatives for the women’s team, and even less knowledge of what is being discussed within these meetings. As of now all that anyone knows for sure is that the women’s team current deal is coming to an end. Dure points out that the debate at hand includes all forms of equality between the US men’s team and the US women’s team; such as equality in pay, travel amenities, and field location accessibility. However, while there are many parts to this debate Dure choses to focus on the difference in pay. Dure emphasizes the difference in the payment systems, bonuses for championships, and gap between two star players that play the same position. Dure makes sure to add that this debate has been going on for a long time and not only in the US. At this moment it is unknown if they are looking for exact pay as the men’s team.

Companies around America have unequal pay between sexes and the topic has brought up some controversy. Companies will say that it saves them money by paying women less. Female employees should not have a lesser pay than their male coworkers for the same work because unfair pay is illegal and women put just as much effort into their work as men.

I don’t think utilitarianism and equality are able of working together, simply because human happiness and an equal pay is inefficient. I think the biggest problem will be “According to the utilitarian, maximize well-being in the society (massive income inequality can and does lead to a decrease in well-being)”. Since utilitarianism sees everyone as one, there perspective is that everyone should be in every situation (Interests, preferences, materials or payment) equally treated. Yes utilitarianism is promoting to narrow down the gender pay gap and yes, it is important to provide for equal work an equal payment for men and women, but we can’t treat everyone on this planet the same, we can’t compare an equal pay to a working women in America

Religion is a major cornerstone of human identity and culture. Anywhere you look on earth where there are people, there is a religion or set of beliefs that those people follow. Many times, the teaching of these Religions can be twisted and manipulated to justify gender bias. The Simple truth is people are treated very differently based on their Gender by followers of two of the most popular religions in the world: Islam and Judaism. I am going to examine some ways the teaching of these two major religions are used to oppress, abuse, and differentiate women.

The oppression of women is based on false assumption and preconceived notions by the male domination world, has been obvious and responsible for paving the way for serious gender issues to emerge. Due to the narrow realms of activity in society, deprived from essential human rights, restricted educations scope, open to unhealthy physical and mental abuse, this society has not given women the opportunity to rise to their full potential. The impact of gender discrimination has not only affected the future of the women today but it has resulted in the slow progress of human mind in general.