Should Women Get Paid The Same As Men

First off, athletes give time and effort to maintain a successful career. It’s not like athletes go out and only play one game a day or so. Pro athletes put in a lot of training, studying, and everything they’ve got. They are very dedicated and love the game

As a child I had never thought of sports to be thing of interest to me since I was a girl. Sports were considered a boy’s thing in my mind and I was just your stereotypical 8 year old girl who loved pink, played with dolls, etc. But when I got to the age of about 10-11 I discovered my love for sports, to now bring up the issue of equal pay for women in them, especially professionally. Women have always been underestimated and seen as a lesser value than men, but if you were doing the same job as someone else of different gender (being a man or woman) wouldn’t you want to be paid the same? Also in most sports both men and women are doing the same physical activity, so why shouldn’t they be paid the same? In my opinion there should be equal pay for women in sports.

Professional athletes are highly talented and determined entertainers with extraordinary physical abilities. They compete in various sports to entertain people and make a living. Those include basketball, football, baseball, hockey, tennis, and the list goes on to any athlete that gets paid to play. These athletes train really hard and for long hours to be the best at what they do. Fans pay to watch them perform because they really enjoy seeing them. Like other entertainers, such as actors and singers, athletes are paid large amounts for their performances. Professional athletes are not overpaid for the amount of physical and mental stress they go through to do their job.

Yes, it does depend on how well you do your job and how long you have been doing it, but it should not be based on gender. In the article “Pay Equity & Discrimination” it states, “ Women continue to earn considerably less than men. Female full-time, year-round workers made only 80 cents for every dollar earned by men, a gender wage gap of 20 percent.” This shows that men are paid more than women in a lot of jobs, including basketball. Basketball is the largest difference in pay that I have ever seen. Basketball has two leagues, the WNBA and NBA. NBA is the National Basketball Association, and the WNBA is the Women's National Basketball Association. This divides women and men’s teams, and who they play. Overall, they are playing the same sport, so they deserve to be paid the same. Another example is stated in the article “Difference Between Men’s and Women’s Basketball” by Steve Silverman when it says, “ There are quite a few differences between men's and women's basketball, many of which have to do with the rules. They also include the style of play as well as its overall popularity. ” Basically they are basing the pay off of gender. The style of play might not be the same, but this should not have to do with how they pay. So paying them off of the style between the men and women is how it should be decided? I don't think that it is a good idea to have the pay this way because it could get people upset with the league, and the

In today's society the highest paying job is being a professional athlete. Professional athletes are paid to entertain fans all around the world, but do they really live up to the potential. Some say they do some say they don’t, today we will take it to the base of all of this.

Average people go to work everyday just like an athlete, so why do they get paid more than us? First, athletes are not the only ones that are in the sports industry. Coaches, trainers, etc., all are affected if money was to be taken out of professional sports. Lots of people would be out of a job if this were to happen. Next, athletes need money for when their careers

There as been equality in professional sports for a long time. The men are getting paid way more than the women athletes. Some would say that the men should be paid more because watching men is exciting, and women’s sports aren’t fun to watch. Also, because in some sports the men generate more attendance or revenue. Women have started to generate a bigger audience and more revenue in some sports. Women are doing the same thing as men. They work just as hard and maybe harder because they are trying to prove a point to everyone. Women should be paid the same as the men in professional sports.

These Pro Athletes are also getting paid a lot of money becauses they are really well in their sport and why are they doing well. It may because they have a lot of talent and put a lot of time into training but also a lot of it could be the use of a performance

Additionally, as it may be perceived by many that women make 77 cents on every dollar a man earns, Schlafly, Perry and Biggs disagree with the majority. They agree that size of this gap is much smaller and that it is absurd to believe in that statistic. Schlafly argues that, “women’s pay has effectively risen to virtual parity” and she calls the 77 cents idea, “a notorious falsehood that anyone should be embarrassed to used” (195). She argues that there is practically no wage difference between men and women and that women’s wage has increased enough. She believes in this so strongly that she insults and discourages those who believe in this statistic. Furthermore, Perry and Biggs agree with Schlafly that this claim is a myth but argue that

A career as a professional athlete requires hard work, but the career offers many rewards. Professional athletes practice to develop and improve their skills. For competitions, they maintain their sports equipment in good condition. Professional athletes train, exercise, and follow special diets to stay in the best physical

One aspect of feminist politics that I am aware of and interested in is the demand for women to have payment for work that is equal to that of men. The earliest memory I have of learning about equal pay is from my mother. I remember when I was around eleven years old she mentioned this. I remember her telling me that men usually make more money than women and how she did not think that it was fair. I also remember her telling me that women face more problems than men do when it comes to getting jobs and working in some places. I do not think I really understood what she was talking about, but now I think I do. I believe that equal pay means that if a man and a woman are doing the same job and have the same experience and qualifications, then their pay should be equal. That just makes sense. But the idea of women having equal amount of pay as men was not always the case before it became a part of feminist politics, and it still does not happen in present times.

Women are paid less and are working less than men. According to the Department of Labor, women work less than men in their mid 20’s to their mid 30’s. 88.8% of men within that at age are employed while 73.4% of women are employed at that age (DoL.gov). This connects to our obstacle in our society because as you can see men are employed more than women are. The reason of why this is happening is because women are not being given the same labor opportunities as men. In society, women are being portrayed as the lesser gender of the two. This statement can be backed up by multiple facts and statistics because this statement is true.

It has been severally said that women earn less than men in their lifetime. According to (Rubery, et al, 320) in the past few years, women working full time have been earning around eighty percent of what men earn. There is a twenty percent difference. The fact that the difference is for both men and women who work full time discards any explanations based on more women working as part timers which pay less. Does this mean that women choose to work the less paying jobs? This gap has however been narrowing down as years have passed down. Among the younger workers, the gap is much smaller. A hypothetical woman is required to work until mid-April to earn what a man earns in a year if she did the

Second, if men are the large number of the population that use public services like law enforcement, prison or the emergency rooms, which are all paid for with the taxes we pay. Men should have the responsibility to pay more money on taxes to help cover the costs from their reckless behaviours. Women shouldn’t have to be paying the same amount as men when they don’t use the services as much. Just like with car insurance companies where they charge men a higher rate than women because they know statistically men are more likely to drive dangerously or are most likely to drive drunk. The government should do the same with the tax rates, and have men pay for their behaviours.

How much do you get payed a year? For women it is less than you think if you compared a man and a woman's yearly salary you would see a big difference. Women and men do not get payed the same while doing the same job men and women should get payed an equal amount.For example if a man gets payed $52,000 a woman would only get $41,080 this because women only get 0.79 for every dollar a man earns. This means that women only get 79% of what men get leaving them with less money for the future. Studies show that Men were almost twice as likely as women to work more than 40 hours a week, and women almost twice as likely to work only 35 to 39 hours per week. But if a women works 40 hours she will get 88% of