The Issue Of Workplace Inequality

One of the biggest problems facing women in the workplace is the wage gap separating men and women. Women, on average, get paid 77 cents on the dollar for every dollar a man makes. (Berman Huffington Post) This startling statistic is one many feminist use in arguing that sexism is not dead in this country. When women are not paid the same as men when doing the same job, it is like blatantly telling women that they are not good enough.

In our constitution we are all equal, but why are we not paid equally? The gender wage gap movement will result in social change because it is bringing awareness to women in the workplace getting paid lower than her male counterpart. On the other hand, many other people may argue that the gap is not because of gender, it is because men work longer hours compared to women since they have children to take care of. I believe that this movement could improve by making people more aware of the through more examples such as the Women’s U.S.A. Soccer Team wanting more pay and equal pay.

After years of Civil Rights Movements and Pay Equity Acts, as of 2014, women still only make 79 cents to a man 's every dollar. Although the wage gap has shrunk since the 1970’s, progress has recently stalled and chances of it vanishing on its own is unlikely. The gains that American women have made towards labor market experience and skills is tremendous. In fact, women account for 47% of labor workforce and 49.3% of American jobs. But despite of women’s strides, a gender pay gap still exists. Experts suggest that it will take 100 years to close the gap at the rate employers and legislators are working to create solutions. But by allowing women to work in higher paying positions and by proposing and updating pay equity laws, the gender gap can finally be diminished.

Australia is an example of another place where the issue of the gender wage gap exists within their workforce. In 2016 there was a Global Gender Gap Report completed by the World Economic Forum, ranking the best to worst countries in the world for the gender wage gap. Australia was ranked 46 out of the 144 countries researched. (cite source). Therefore, the Australian government and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, teamed up, gathered research, and completed a report comparing the earnings of men and women. In the key results, it was found that the average full-time weekly earnings for a male was $1,602.80, and the average full-time weekly earnings for a female was $1,325.10, with a 17.3% full-time gender wage gap. The highest percentage of the gender wage gap by industry is 30.0% in the financial and insurance services in Australia (cite source). Canada is another example of a place where the gender wage gap exists as well. Canada was ranked 35 out of the 144 countries researched (cite source). In Canada the average employment income a male earned in 2014 was $51,000, and the average employment income a female earned in 2014 was $34,900 (cite

The gendered wage gap has been a controversial topic that's been around since women started working at jobs for money in the United States during the 1900’s era. With a steadily increasing amount of women working at jobs, came steadily strong opinions about women’s work rights. Women had been given a lesser wage compared to their male counterparts and it outraged women. However, as women were treated more and more equal, their wages were treated more equally as well. Then came a stand still in this improving equality for women in the 21st century, as it has been debated that women are now treated equally, compared to men. This standstill has caused even further debate ranging from several things with most focusing on

Society tries hard to make the wage gap seem like it does not exist, or that it only exists because of circumstances beyond anyone’s control. When in fact, there is no excuse as to why a woman should ever be paid less than man when they do the same job with the same amount of effort. It would be amazing if this one poster could strike a movement against gender wage discrimination, but it will not. What it will take is for women to take a stand against society so they are taken more seriously in the workplace, thus putting an end to gender wage discrimination so that everyone has the same opportunities to excel in

Pay equity, another form of discrimination, is a concern throughout America. On average, women continue to earn much less than men earn (while performing the same work). There are two primary reasons for this travesty: Women anticipate shorter and more sporadic work lives, and women, on average, have less work experience than men (Kim). Women should receive equal pay for equal work despite any circumstances. In 2015, women earned a mind-boggling seventy-nine cents for every dollar that a man earned. This statistic demonstrated that there is a gender wage gap of almost twenty percent. Moreover, women must work until April 12th of a given year to earn what men earned in the previous year. To make matters worse, equal pay day for minority women

America prides itself on equality but no one is truly equal until men and women are not treated the same way and given equal pay for the same work. Unequal pay is a major social injustice that has recently been spreading across the nation. Women have come a long way in American society, they now have the right to vote and are bread winners for many households, but they still have a long way to go. The wage gap in USA as of 2016 is that a woman makes 80 cents to a man’s dollar. This kind of discrimination is extremely prevalent in today’s society and there is no conscious effort being put forward to close the wage gap. It is predicted that the wage gap will be closing in the year 2152, but to get results now and have this discrimination end

Women earn less than men. In fact, in America, a woman earns an average of 79 cents to her male coworker’s dollar. Many people see this statistic and think that 21 cents is nothing to fuss over, but the truth is that “the cumulative impact of lower wages throughout women’s careers is devastating, costing a woman working full time, year-round close to half a million dollars over the course of her career” (“New Report”). Although the inferior treatment of women in the workplace is an unfortunate reality, there are many groups and organizations working to empower women and do something about the gender pay gap.

Women have to work just as hard, if not harder to gain the same respect as men in the workplace, and even when this respect is given, women are still perceived as lesser due to this wage inequality. It is downright unjust that women are working the same jobs, putting in the same effort, and same time as men, and still earning so much less. And although this gap is decreasing, it is not decreasing fast enough. Over the past three years women have only raised their average hourly pay by 1.5 cents compared to the man’s

Women earn 21 cents less than a dollar when their male peers get a dollar, and that’ll affect them in the long run because they won’t have as much money for drinks, food, medical bills, insurance bills, housing bills, financial bills, etc. Women with a bachelor's degree or higher only earned 76% of their ale peers. Which means that women get payed less for the same jobs because they get 76 cents for every dollar men get. Gender wage equality is a universal right that everyone should be entitled to. Women & men should be payed the same for the same jobs. Although some may argue that men work more hours than women, women are more efficient at their jobs. Pay should be equal because men and women have the same education, and men and women are equal.

Pay gap has been narrowed in the last decade in the United States. Women are not getting paid equally despite of having similar education and skills like male employees, women earn 23% less per dollar than men at many workplace. Women are supposed to keep up with family responsibilities, which stop women from working more hours or achieving goals and seniority. There are many fathers contributes time to family care giving but society has more expectations from the mother. There are many people think that the gender pay gap doesn’t exist or women are getting treatment. In many houses woman salary is counted as a side income. In workplaces, women should also get paid equal if they have equal education and skills as male employees.

Women have worked vigorously over the last century to achieve equality in many different ways. From when it all began, during The Suffrage Movement, women have accomplished many of their goals and as a result have become closer to equality with their male equivalents. But, the gap that women have been working endlessly to close still exists today and although not as wide as before, the gap still exists. There are several ways women fall short of equality and one of the most profound issues is the affair of pay equity. Many women today still do not receive identical pay in the workplace, and as of 2014, “among all working men and women ages 16 and older, women’s hourly wages were 84% those of men” (Pew Research Center). To attain full

Inequality comes in many forms and can be compared to preferential treatment. Preferential treatment states, “It’s okay for some to have a privilege or right, but not all”. The workplace is one area where inequality runs rampant, which can cause discontent and animosity in the workplace. Many of the individuals treated unjustly know that they are being treated this way, however; because they need their job and the income it supplies, they continue on without raising any alarms. We, as Americans, need to petition, campaign and encourage equality of equal pay for equal work. Sure we have laws that guard against discrimination and corporations are even quick to boast that they are equal opportunity employers and yet it stops there. Once

This is a very interesting question. When we first talked about these main social processes, I automatically connected them to inequality in the work place. Networks can promote inequality inside the work place, because people who do not have access to strong social networks will not have the benefits as someone who does have strong social networks. For example, Black lawyers, often find it hard to get new job positons and get recruited at top firms, simply because there are not enough older black lawyers, because black people were routinely cast aside in the profession. This means that black lawyers have a shortage of people who can help them get to where they want to be. Minorities are already not in positions of power because they do not