The Wage Gap

Human rights are rights that we deserve including the right to equal wages; gender and ethnic inequality has been an on-going issue in the United States for a very long time. This inequality has been the reason for the Wage Gap which is a violation of everyone’s human rights. Some people believe that the wage gap is just a gender problem but it is not, it is unequal opportunities for racial and gender minorities; in fact some women that are of a certain race are paid significantly less than someone who is only of one minority. The wage gap relates to human rights because it violates the right to standard adequate living and fair wage. The wage gaps existence is soon to be understood through the deplorable conditions of women and racial

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

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.

This bill’s aim is to amend current acts dealing with equal pay and create new ones to continue efforts to prevent/discourage discrimination in the workplace.

The occupational wage gap has always been and still continues to be a conflict within the work force. The gender wage gap is defined as the average income of a male compared to the average income of a female. There have been a few laws that were put into effect due to women’s efforts to create fairness in the workplace. The first law, called the Equal Pay Act of 1963 signed into law by President John F. Kennedy, requires men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). The Paycheck Fairness Act is a recent extension of the Equal Pay Act, it gives workers added protection to take action in the wage discrimination (National Women’s Law Center). When comparing full time and year round workers, 23.5% is the gap between the annual male earnings compared to women and that has not changed much since 2001 (Burns, 1). In the profession I have chosen, there is quite a difference in dominant gender between dental hygienists and dentists. Dental hygiene is a very female dominated field of work, although few male dental hygienists exist. Due to the gender roles our society has molded, hygiene is usually compared to nursing because it revolves around care giving service and many believe that is not a task men are usually willing to do. Contrary to belief, men can be just as, if not more, nurturing than women. On the other hand, women are perfectly capable of becoming dentists as well. The culture we were raised in

In the beginning of the semester, during the first day of class we were asked what were some social problems that bothered us, interested us, or something we wanted to learn more about. The first thing I thought of was equal pay between men and women. With the ratification of the 19th amendment, women became legally equal to men. Then in 1963, the Equal Pay Act was passed yet. Yet today, the wage gap between men and women still exists. According to the White House’s official website, women working full time are only earning around 77% of what their male coworkers are earning. This problem is even worse with the factor of race involved. I feel as if this is an overlooked and forgotten issue. I don’t want to pay the same amount of tuition as a fellow male student, receive the same years of education, and end up having the same position as him making less money.

This issue is not one that is only in published works, inaction is rampant today. Even in the workplace. Where adults supposedly act like adults, people are letting hateful and rude jokes be said by others without consequence. This type of inaction is so unrestrained that “58% of LGBT employees have reported derogatory comments or inappropriate jokes about their population demographic” (Gaille n.pag.) The majority of the coworkers who do nothing are just as good as those who are making the comments. They are enablers. The act of silence is dangerous due to enabling injustice the to continue. In the same way that the Germans said nothing as Jews were being persecuted in Nazi Germany, being silent today is just as dangerous. Especially in the

These women spoke on why the wage gap exists and how they are moving towards a smaller gap with the hope of eradicating the gap. These women spoke largely about inequality not only in the work place but in general and showed how that transfers over to the work place and as a result leads to lower wages. The wage gap is in part due to the fact that women and “women’s jobs” are viewed as less valuable. Women are pushed towards lower paying job throughout their whole lives, women cook and clean and take care of the children. This thinking pushes women towards similar job fields, job fields with lower pay, thus leading to them having a lower income. However, women and men who work the same jobs are also affected by the gap. This can be seen in the titles they receive, men and women who do the same job often have different job titles, so they can be paid unequal amounts or receive different

The gender wage gap is the differences in the average wage of men and women within the economy as a whole. Over the last few decades’ women have entered the working world in record breaking numbers, however, compared to men, women are paid significantly less and tend to be the ones to hold lower paying jobs and to live in Poverty. It is not that women are choosing lower income jobs; they simply do not have the same opportunities as men do. This issue is not only present in higher wage levels and education categories; it is present on all levels. In 2013 women earned 78 cents for every dollar a man did. The gap narrowed between the 1970’s and 1980’s, but it has stopped narrowing and has remained between 76 and 78 cents since 2001. (Council of

“We are not simply talking about ensuring nourishment or a dignified sustenance for all people, but also their general temporal welfare and prosperity” (Francis). America, the land of the brave and home to millions of citizens, and residents is said to bring abundance and equality. There is still an issue we face as Americans in our great and powerful nation- the wage gap. Based on the findings seen and judgement of statements, the wage gap is not a myth. There are major concepts that revolve on the justification of the wage gap between American males and females. The first one is, depending on the ethnicity of the American women, the economic inequality will differ for women when compared to men. Second, the jobs women aspire are on average

The wage gap exists since roughly ninety-five percent of starting salaries is based on male and female college graduates major (Browne 788+). Men and women have different interest that causes them to choose an occupation based on their abilities for a particular career (Browne 769+). Browne declares that women exhibit “person orientated” skills because women outperform men in task such as verbal abilities and computational tasks (772+). Browne declares the men exhibit “thing orientated” skills because men outperform women in mathematical tasks and mechanics (772+). Browne claims, “Much of the wage gap, like the glass ceiling, is thus related either directly or indirectly to marriage and families” (787+). Women are not willing to relocate and

In recent years, the earnings gap between skilled and unskilled labor has expanded. The gap can easily be seen by comparing the salaries of those with only a high school education and those with a college degree. Over the last 40 years, the percent difference in wages between these two groups has more than doubled for women and nearly doubled for men. While it is not unexpected that more skilled worker earn higher wages, there are two main theories as to why the wage gap has widened and continues to widen. The first has to do with the outsourcing of human labor into international markets where labor is relatively cheap such as Asia and Mexico. This reduces demand for unskilled labor in the US. Skilled labor is much harder to outsource so the

Women workers in society have been and still are deemed as the weaker and inferior sex in the workforce. This idea is reinforced as women in the workforce are not given the same opportunities to advance in their careers as men or experience the ‘glass ceiling’ effect, women are forced into education or domestic responsibility and are seen to pursue in feminized or feminine sectors of the workforce (Cool, J, 2010). Thus saying, I argue this thinking is validated thorough the practices of gender inequality, most importantly thorough the existence of the gender wage gap. The gender wage gap is defined as “the gap between the median wages for men and women. The gap between men 's and women’s wages exists in nearly every occupation, in all