Should Women Get Equal Wages For Doing The Same Work

Even though that was twelve years ago, there still is gender inequality regarding the gender pay gap. Women today are still not making as much as men. Today, on average a woman earns 78 cents per dollar earned by a man. (O’Brien, 2015).

“Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work” -Susan B. Anthony. Countless women, even here in the U.S. have some sort of the wage gap. The wage gap is the difference between the median earnings of women relative to median earnings of men. In this case, women earn a significant amount less than men. Although the wage gap has gotten smaller over the years, the wage gap still has a long way to go. Women deserve better than just minimum earnings. Full time, working women should obtain the best promotions and benefits. Women that work just as tough and have the equivalent qualifications as men do still earn less, and that is just unacceptable. The wage gap should be abolished on behalf of women of color and their struggle, equal pay is a global problem, equal pay benefits employers and workers, and the wage gap accumulates over time.

The gender pay gap is the difference between male and female earnings averaged in percentages. This difference in pay due to gender seems like it would be an obsolete practice in the twenty-first century, but it is real and is affecting millions of women and households in the country. In 2014, women working full time in the United States were paid 79 percent on average of what men were being paid, which is a gap of approximately 21 percent. This means that in the United States, females earned 94 cents on average to every dollar earned by males. According to one study by the Department of Labor’s Chief Economist, a typical 25-year-old woman working full time would earn $5,000 less over the course of her working career than a typical 25-year old man working in the same career. The reason why this pay gap exists does expand into other factors such as education, experience, the work being performed, qualifications, age, and ethnicity which are taken into account. The studies being conducted on the pay gap has economists verifying that discrimination is the best overall explanation and factor of the difference in pay between males and females.

To this day, women get paid less due to the motherhood penalty, educational opportunities, women’s roles in the society historically, choice of job, and more. All of these components affect women’s wages and the superiority of men in the labor force. One side of the argument states that women rightfully deserve the downside of this wage gap, and others posses the opinion that all workers should be treated equally. Historically, gender roles have gotten in the way of equality in pay. However, people also believe that women choose jobs that do not offer an abundance of pay. Factors such as the motherhood penalty have skewed the pay gap as well. While some people believe that women should be treated equally regarding pay, since they are doing

First off, women in America can’t make as much money as the average white male, as stated before. This is an issue for women across the states, and while most people could simply assume that women just tend to pick lower paying jobs, which is only slightly true, women still tend to make less money in ALL jobs and fields compared to men. However, 21% is simply the average wage gap throughout the nation. In certain states, such as Louisiana, the gap is even higher at 35%. Equally important, this gap can increase even more based on their race as well. Compared to white men, black women make 63% of their annual wage. For Pacific Islanders, 62%. For Hispanic women, it’s as low as 54%. On a bigger scale, this means that for every $100 that the average white male makes, the average Spanish woman can only make $54.

The gender pay gap is a problem nationwide in the United States. It is a phenomenon that affects women of all education levels, ages, and races. Although it varies in a state-by-state basis, the pay gap is prevalent in all states (Miller, 2017). The issue is also occupation-wide, meaning that nearly every occupation will have a gender gap (Miller, 2017). Statistics from The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap have shown that while an increase in education help women earn more, it does not eliminate the problem all together or close the gap (Miller, 2017). As of recent statistics, women are paid approximately 80 cents for every dollar a man makes, however, the gap is worse for women of color, especially, when compared to the salary of that of white men; African American women earn 63% of the salary that white men earn, Native American women earn 58%, and the largest gap is for Latina women, who earn only 54% (Miller, 2017).

2015. There is a pay gap in America where men are paid more than women even if they have the same job and have the same qualifications. On average, a woman earns 74 cents to every man’s dollar. When someone first graduate’s college and is new to the workforce, the gap as low. The gap grows as you move up the job ladder. Only 5% of the fortune 500 companies have CEO’s that are women. Even when women advance to this level, they are still not being paid the same as their male counterparts. Minority women have an even bigger pay gap. African-American women get paid on average about 64 cents for every man’s dollar, while Hispanic women only bring home around 54 cents for every man’s dollar. There is no industry or state where women earn the same or more than

Throughout history, even in today's world, women’s achievements are not valued as high as men’s achievements. This has been happening ever since rulers and social classes back in ancient rome. Even in today’s world, women are still discriminated against by females are paid only 84 cents per dollar paid to men on average. Others may say, the statistic that men are paid more per hour account to how females take more time of work, or that women just take jobs that pay less. Anti-wage gap people say that no one is stopping the women of America to go into higher paying jobs, females choose the lower paying jobs to go into by themselves. Nevertheless, the wage gap is not for these reasons, it is purely a statistic

The wage gap is the difference between what men and women are paid solely based on their gender. Women are paid less than men in virtually every job category tracked by the bureau of labor statistics. Women are paid less than men even when factors such as schools, grades, and majors are taken into account. Official data from the government even states that women make seventy-four cents for ever dollar that men make. In 2015, u.s. women working full time were only payed eighty percent of what full time men earned. The highest wage gap in the country occurs in Louisiana. Throughout a Louisiana woman's career, she loses out on about $671,840 that could have been earned if she was a man. Florida, however has the smallest wage gap (not taking race

For many years, there has been a wage gap between the genders and their earnings. The wage gap, or pay gap, is the difference between a female’s overall earnings, to a male’s overall earnings. Pay gaps don’t only limit your earnings based on your gender, but as well as your race, age, and education. The gender pay gap affects women and their earnings to a great extent, leading to unfair pay. Women should be paid as equally as men because it would benefit motherhood financially, and it would benefit many women of color that have different educational experiences.

There are many women that work hard and earn less than males because there women Alot of people think it’s unfair and some think it’s resonable. Woman construction workers only get paid 77 cents for every dollar earned by men it might not seem like a lot off but it adds up over time. Also race depends on how much the people get paid. In 1963 the Equal pay act was passed and it helped a lot of women get paid more but it still wasn’t enough. Women lose alot of money once it adds up they end up losing “nearly $5000,000 in earnings over the course of her career”. Lower earnings make it harder for women and their famililes and it should not be that way they should be able earn equally for what they have worked for.

Currently we are in April of 2017, it has been 54 years since the Equal Pay Act turning into Law in the US stating that men and women should be paid equal wages for similar jobs. However, until the present day, women and men are paid differently all over the 54 states. On average, women makes 79 cents less for every dollar a man earns in the American territory. Furthermore, Florida is one of the states with the highest gender gap starting at 85 cents per every dollar.

Every job is a choice, women prefer to stay in clean industries while men choose to work in harsh and dirty conditions. While this can justify why some women are paid less but it’s still not fair to women who work the same hours and at the same job as men and is still paid less. Even when neoclassical economist believes that women choose to become pregnant, it still doesn’t justify it. If every woman had believed in just focusing on work and not having children, we might not even be alive today. Although there are many laws that help prevent gender wage gap discrimination, including Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and The Paycheck Fairness Act, the wage gap has a long way to go before it gets better. Furthermore, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is an increase in the women’s labor force in the last 60 years, there is still a division of labor in a sense that women should do household work while men should go out and work. Even though this not what my parents wanted to do, but it was rational decision to make from what the economy forced them to

Even though both images describe the topic of gender discrimination in the work environment, they are very different. In the first illustration with the children, the photograph is sarcastic and meant to emphasize how gender plays a major role in salary. In the political cartoon, it’s meant to be humorous as well as informative. Women are still struggling with equal pay and President Obama is not helping the issue. Both authors favor equal pay for equal work by shedding light as well as putting the blame. In the poster, the author makes it seem like its women’s fault that they don’t deserve equal pay in a sarcastic manner. In the political cartoon by McKee, he blames President

     On average, women earn 74 cents for each dollar earned by the male population. This number is calculated by comparing median annual earnings of men and women. But several other differences between the sexes make up for the variation in pay. Work experience, education, background, skills, and other lifestyle choices account for much of the pay gap.