Solil Pay : Unequal Pay

Throughout the history of the United States, equality for all has been a highly sought-after, yet controversial aspect of American life. Whether it was the period of Native American reorganization or the destructive era of Southern slavery, it has been equality that continues to be denied to a certain group of citizens. In order to combat this, many efforts have been made to influence equality in all elements of citizen’s lives. However, in today’s society, many of these attempts have failed to be noticed, for true equality has yet to be entirely achieved. Notably, working women all over the country have been denied equal wages to that of men. Thus, condoning the use of wage discrimination against women in the workplace is unjust and inequitable because women perform many of the same jobs as men do, they are entitled to the same basic rights as the rest of society, and because laws have already been passed to illegalize wage discrimination based on gender. Both men and women in the labor force are expected of comparable tasks and performances, yet the payment that women receive as compensation remains noticeably less than that of men.

The gender wage gap is a prominent issue which is fought for in feminism today. In the past, this standard has been justified due to the fact that women were more likely to be stay-at-home moms, and were less likely to have jobs or college degrees. Today, women are getting comparable education to men, and working comparable jobs, yet the issue remains. The gender wage gap is a women’s rights issue based on the old-fashioned role of women in society which needs to be fought against and decreased in the United States during this current political and social climate.

The gender pay gap is the biggest unspoken problem in America. This issue has been in the world since the dawn of time, but people only started paying attention to it in the last 80 years. In order to close this gap for good, we have to look at where it began. Stereotypes and traditions of stereotypes are the main roots of this problem; before we look at that, we must make sure we stay balanced in our fight against injustice. If we push too far, we will fall into a gender pay gap in favor of women, and I don’t want that I want fair only.

Most people think that gender equality is now common place in Western societies, but research shows that gender equality, which gained momentum in the 1970s, has since stalled, particularly when we look at class issues. Some issues have been hit head on, issues relating to sexist job ads and some sexist behavior at work…but we still have a long way to go. The wage gap between men and women is especially concerning.

One of the reasons income inequality continues to prevail in today’s society is because lawmakers disagree on the issue at hand. The New York Times (n.d)) notes that Republicans blocked a bill on equal pay presented by Democrats that was aimed at closing the pay gap between men and women. Republican lawmakers impede that bill because they believed that given existing anti-discrimination laws, the legislation was redundant and is a transparent attempt by the Democrats to distract from President Obama’s much –criticized health care law. Another reason the income equality persist is due the difference in pay between genders within the same occupations. However, some lawmakers who turn down the equal pay bill believed that the disparity remains because of difference in occupations held among male and female. An example of an occupational difference is a female social worker that makes less than a male engineer (New York Times, n.d). Finally, I believe these income disparities persist because this civilization refuse to dismantle the past sexism views of women’s role as the weaker, idle and subservient domesticator. All in all, until society as a whole embrace women’s ingenuity, strength, and eagerness to be a working productive member of society the pay gap between men and women will continue to prevail for generations to

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was passed with the intentions to give women the same, fair pay as men. Although the Equal Pay Act was passed, the wage gap is still ongoing. The wage gap is based on the difference of pay between men and women doing the same jobs. “Women make seventy-nine cent for every dollar that a male earns. This results in a wage gap of twenty-one percent. Leading to a gap of “380,000 dollars over her career” (Little 1). One can argue that this wage gap shows that men and women are not equals. Men and women work side by side, both of them doing the same jobs, yet women are continually paid less. The only explanation left is that women are not valued in the same way men are, meaning they are worth less than their male counterpart. The purpose of this poster is to show women what society believes their efforts in the workplace are worth.

We hear a lot about women entering the workforce lately, but where are they all going? 90% of registered nurses are female, and 82% of Elementary and Middle school teachers are too. Even jobs such as psychologists, social workers and tax collectors are all dominated by women, but what makes these fields so desirable to women is not very surprising.

Places like the USA have shown great inequality. This can be supported by the fact of unequal job pay, racial inequality and discrimination. Despite this being faced between both genders it is mostly targeted to females. The use of unequal job pay suggests that the USA has not developed its equality, therefore, more uprising and gender wars become more common due to this. Also racial inequality between genders is also a problem in America’s society. It is proven that men earn about 20% more than women. However different coloured women earn 40% less than men. This indicates that not only gender discrimination is happening but also racism within that. This doubles the attacks against women as most women are from foreign countries which differ them in colour from other people. This difference symbolises the difference in women and men. This shows us that

There is change concerning perspective on gender inequalities in schools. I In and article written by Diane Reay, called “Nice Girls” “Girlies,” and “Tomboys”: Gender Discourses, Girls’ Cultures and Femininities in the Primary Classroom, explains that contemporary gender power relations within an elementary classroom, is more complicated than “girls versus boys”. Reay found that girls were split into identifiable groups, each group defining how feminine they were or weren’t. She concluded that gender either operates as oppositions or hierarchy or most commonly both at the same time. These studies can lead us into why later on in life, during the time we are looking for jobs and professional work, men and women are seen on different playing fields. When you think of a CEO of a company or of world political leaders, does a male or female come to mind? Many, if not most of us, see these positions as being held by men. Even though we are approaching the twenty-first century, women in our society are still not equal to men when it comes down to the professional world. This discrimination in the workplace results in women not receiving the same benefits that men do. In certain cases women do the same job, for the same amount of hours, and still do not receive the same pay for their work. The average women’s paycheck is usually less than the average man, consistent with any field of work. Is there a

Women and women’s rights have come a long way in terms of equality .Over the past century women have been granted the right to vote , to divorce , to own bank accounts , join the army , stand in election and the right to work , all of which should be natural rights (allwomenstalk, Alison Bryant). Despite theses substantial advances for equality , even in 2016 there is still inequality for women in the labor market. According to Catherine Hill , in the U.S. women working a full time job were paid 79 % of what men were paid. If this hasn't cast doubt on the realities of inequality in the labor market just think ‘Why does it exist?’. How does it affect women in general ,transgender women, women of color, mothers?, Furthermore ‘How can we fix

A commonly debated topic is whether or not further work is required to ensure women’s rights. Despite of the increasing opportunities, women still have along ways to go before they have the same options as men do. A statistic from WIC says, “Women constituted more than 45 percent of employed persons in the United States in 1989, but they had only a small share of the decision-making jobs" (WIC 2). As women continue to fight for jobs they impact the world as they go. Another issue is the pay gap between the sexes. The US Census Bureau published their findings, “Women working full time made 78.6 percent as much as men did in 2014” but the gap was even bigger for minority women; African American women made sixty-four cents and Latina women made

Discrimination and violence against women takes place daily, not only in the U.S., but all over the world. ”In the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, 66% of the murders of women are by the husbands, boyfriends, or other male relatives.” In Africa, “...3.5 millions girls are at risk of genital mutilation.” Sexism against women is not just a local or national issue. It is a global issue that occurs everyday to millions of girls and women.Not only does discrimination against women happen physically or verbally, but it also happens financially. “In Mississippi, the average male earns $41,092 annually, but the average women earns $31,110 annually.” Age also plays a big part in the gender wage gaps. “If a women is between the ages of 35-65 years old, the

As girls grow up, they are expected to wear “girl” colors, watch “girl” shows, play with “girl” toys. The same affect occurs for boys when look at the separation of masculinity and femininity. One of the first solutions to be made in order to correct sex segregation in the workplace is by properly educating students on the labor market. Due to the fact that women are already disadvantaged when it comes to education, a stride needs to be made when focusing on career education. We continue to bolster sex segregation by limiting women’s interest, knowledge and preparation for occupations that have been predominantly labeled male. Another solution to this societal issue could be the implementation of a critical mass throughout male dominant occupations. This would

Inequality is not a new concept to most of us. It has been apart of our history since before we founded colonies. Inequality and discrimination can take many forms and there are many facets one can explore. The most striking for women are the attitudes and behaviors people have towards them in the workplace. As the years have past, inequality has had a difference face and color, and now it comes in the form of unequal pay, sexual harassment of women and the glass ceiling effect in the workplace. Women have traditionally held roles in which they are undervalued and therefore paid less and have less influence over decision as their male counterparts (Buchanan, 2014). Gaps in salary have existed throughout history,

Women are the base of the human race; without women, the human race would die out because there would not be anyone to bear and produce children. Women do so much for the world, for example, they take care of their children, donate eggs and ovaries to help those who cannot have children and on top of all of that they pursue a career. However, for some reason they are still paid less than men, even when they are in the same position and doing the same amount of work as their male counterparts. For example, findings from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research show that in 2015 the average woman who worked full time only made 80 cents for every dollar a man earned. 20 cents may not seem like a lot of money, but for salaries greater than 50,000 dollars a year, those very 20 cents can amount to more than 10,000 dollars in earnings. Although the wage gap is very obvious to companies, there is not much being done in the workplace to decrease that wage gap. Unfortunately, men do not understand the extent of which the wage gap affects women because they, for one, earn a higher wage and are encouraged to negotiate for a higher pay, whereas women are told to accept the pay that they are offered or else that they will be looked as rude, aggressive and bossy. Despite misogynistic beliefs, the gender wage gap is very detrimental not only for women but also the national economy.