The Gap In Wage Inequality

In 1920, Women first acquired to right to vote after years and years of fighting to achieve it. This would be the first measure toward equality for women. During WWII while all the men were fighting in the war, women built the weapons for them. We later entered the workforce after the war. It currently shown now that there is a 20 percent wage gap for women. But did anyone know that in 2015 there was a 21 cent wage gap between men and women? Which means that the only difference between the wage gap issue as of last year and now is a 1 cent difference. So tell me, what do you think that wage gap is caused by, or better yet what is it? Well there are many different opinions, to some the wage gap is merely a percentage that

On a broader aspect, it says men and women are equal. Though at a bottom level, women are still struggling to occupy the same status as men in the outer world. Stratification between the two genders is seen everywhere including the household or the workplace. Even today, women still earns less as compared to men involved in the same profession. Like a male physician makes $140,000, while a female in the same profession makes $88,000. Statisticians at the US census bureau looked at almost 821 occupations. After adjusting for workers’ ages, education and work experience, they found a substantial gender gap in the earnings of the workers. Scholars at the Census Bureau studied several characteristics and after taking into

The different wage gap and social class is yet another aspect that will hinder the ability for good people be able to achieve what they want to do in life. Part of the reason that poverty is such a problem is the fact that it relates back to racism and the fact that only certain people and certain genders are able to hold jobs in business and communities. There is a huge pay gap between different races compared to the white income level. The mean black income is 60% less than the white pay. This causes a numerous amount of different problems that hold other races back. It makes it harder for them to raise a family and change their life. One of the ways that they could change their life is if they were to move to a different area and try to

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.

Our dinner party consisted of meeting at Char’s, where we shared swipes for those not on a meal plan (myself). While this was a great experience as I have never been there before and definitely interesting to see as I am a recent transfer student. Our topics really seem to range and develop into much deeper conversations compared to last I must say! The major discussion revolved around wage gap, beauty ideals with sexual violence reference, and overall experiences of the ancestor interview.

The Wage Gap is unfair and it needs to be fixed, women should have the same equal rights as men. Women can have the same job as men, work the same amount of hours and still not receive the same amount of pay which is simply wrong. The Wage Gap is not fair for women, how much pay that you receive should not be determined by your gender. Women make 79 cents for every dollar earned by men, the wage gap for that is 21 percent. The Wage Gap is the difference in pay between two people.

institutional racism, wage inequality, feminization of poverty, and generational poverty have posed the greatest barriers to overcoming urban poverty in the United States. Systemic racism negatively impacts equitable opportunity in education, housing, employment, debt, health care, political representation, and immigration, while at the same time supporting a justice system that disproportionately punishes and incarcerates persons of color. Wage inequality prevents workers from earning a livable wage (with insurance and sick leave), depriving families the stability to provide food, shelter, and a sense of financial security, requiring household earners to work multiple, low-paying jobs without set schedules and benefits, keeping families from

In our American society, a gap between one’s aspirations and reality remains extremely wide. Currently, the United States has the least equality and opportunity than almost all other advanced industrial countries. The notion that America is a land of opportunity continues to be questioned as a multitude of studies have exposed this notion as a myth. Economic mobility in the United States is lower than most of Europe. This paper expands on the ways in which the lack of social and economic mobility is even more alarming when looking at the limited movement of African Americans up the social and economic ladder. A portion of this inequality is explained by discrimination based on race. African Americans and Latinos still earn less of the dollar than whites (Khau 2013). In addition, the disparities are explained by the fact that the life prospects of an American are far too greatly dependent on the income and education (Lareau 2002). In turn, it has become more evident and a true reality that social and economic mobility are not equally accessible for all, but rather it is more of a truth for whites in America.

When a woman buys a cup of coffee at the coffee shop did it ever occur that she is spending more of her money than the man next to her? It's not because the coffee shop is sexist, or she bought something more expensive. It is because of a thing called wage inequality, and this thing happens most between men and women, even when society tries to stop it. Wage inequality negatively affects women in America. This changes how people perceive the ideas of women's living. For example the way confidence affects the way women get jobs, or the whether or not she lives with children, or if she is married. Even if this illegal there is still this kind of segregation between genders in America.

Before entering the course I had a mediocre level of understanding about women and gender issues. Prior to the course, I understood that women and men were viewed in different ways. This difference created issues for women such as the unequal pay gap in the United States. The material presented to me throughout the course has aided me in seeing the vast amount of issues women face in their daily lives and the complexity of the issues. It has influenced my perspective into view the issues through a wider lens which take into account each part of the problem.

I must admit it is difficult for me to write this essay. In my initial reflection written in September, my stance was one of objectivity and uncertainty. I was skeptical of each claim, and did not formally take specific stances on the presented issues. Instead my main focus was to express my opinion towards several different subjects, mostly pertaining to the questions presented in the prompt. I regret to say I am still not comfortable making a formal, general decision at this moment, even after gaining information that may solidify the notions pertaining to the existence of gender inequality. I do however, feel comfortable making a series of smaller stances on certain subjects that I personally feel that I have an adequate amount of information

Allegretto, S. A., & Arthur, M. M. (2001). An empirical analysis of homosexual/heterosexual male earnings differentials: Unmarried and unequal? Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 54(3), 631-646.

Statistics that have brought much controversy in recent decades, is the inequality in wages. This inequality is not just women's wages compared to men’s wages, but additionally very noticeable among races. My discussion will address this issue from a statistical point of view. The US Department of Labor annually reports the salary figures of its inhabitants. However, there are people that although could see these figures, perhaps are unaware of the terminology used for these reports. Furthermore, many do not know which of these numbers fall in outliers in a normal distribution (is a bell-shape curve that is entirely define by the mean and the standard deviation, (Rosnow & Rosenthal, 2013), or in a scatterplot.

The origins of wage inequality traced back from the 15th century involved a political, social and economic structure where man was bound to each other through mutual ties of loyalty and service. This structure called feudalism encompassed a hierarchy where the King owned all land, followed by the nobles and knights to whom the King granted land in return for loyalty, service and protection. The nobles and knights leased their lands to the peasants, who would cultivate the land, grow crops, and raise farm animals. Every group knew its rank and responsibility to the other ranks and the goal was to preserve this system forever ensuring that the peasants at the bottom of the social network had a small or unlikely chance to upward mobility and

This global phenomenon is harmful for many reasons. Wage gaps inject themselves into woman’s lives permanently. Wage gaps cost the average woman four hundred thousand dollars and robs educated women of two million dollars over their lifetime (Arquette). A woman will take out the same college loan as male in her class, but will take years longer to pay off her student loan (Arquette). Her kids will be affected because they may be starving on the street due to the twenty nine percent their mother isn’t getting from her paycheck. To add on, she will have less money in her retirement account and be more likely to be poor (Arquette). In fact, women retire with about ninety thousand dollars less superannuation than males, even though women need more