Two Paths That Two Different People Walk Upon

It is not up for debate whether women are discriminated against in the workplace, it is evident in census data; in 2013, among full-time, year-round workers, women were paid 78 percent of what men were paid. It is said that the organizations that are pro-equal pay, including some unions, support the idea that the government should set wages for all jobs. To the contrary, the organizations that are proponents of equal pay are not for job wages being set by the government-they wish to have the discrimination taken out of pay scales from within the company. Commonly, this pay gap is attributed to the fact that women in the United States are still expected to attend to familial obligations over work.

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.

First of all, the gender pay is a real problem in the world, despite what many think. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the gender pay gap is “the difference between the amounts of money paid to women and men, often for doing the same work”. This is important because many people think that the gender wage gap does not exist, even though it clearly does. Another reason why this is important is because many people argue that the gender wage gap exists because women have lesser-paying jobs, when a lot of the time it happens between men and women working the same job. Many people do not realize what the gender pay gap actually is, and they form an opinion of it before they know what it really is.

The inequality of pay between a man and a woman grows when the woman's race is taken into consideration, statistically, white women earn seventy-eight cents, African-American women earn sixty-four cents and Latina women earn fifty-six cents for every dollar earned by a white man as stated on www. whitehouse.gov. This significant wage gap is not just a bunch of numbers -- it has real life consequences that affect real life women: women with growing children to feed, women of color, disabled women, aging women longing retirement, and your own

Since the time the United States was founded, women were not given the same rights as men, resulting in many women struggling for years. In the second wave of feminism, “Feminists worked for the Equal Rights Amendment, the Equal Pay Act, the addition of sex discrimination to the Civil Rights Act and other laws that would guarantee equality” (Napikoski, 2016). Despite so much time fighting for the Equal Pay Act, in 2017 there is still a very prominent issue with women not being paid as much as men. Women will do the same job as a male peer, and still be paid less; they even have a lower starting salary than men do. A man can make 6.6% more than a woman will a year

A different quote from a different reading from class that closely relates and further demonstrates this problem is about unequal pay. The quote reads “Many sociologists point to sex segregation, or the concentration of men and women in different occupations, as an important cause of the gender gap in earnings” (Giddens, Duneier, Appelbaum, Carr, 269, 270). It is obviously not fair that women and men get paid differently because of sex segregation. It should not matter if someone is a male or female. If the person is doing what they are supposed to be doing, I believe the pay should be the same between the

One might think that in the year 2015 that pay equality is no longer an issue in the United States. However, according to government surveys "on average full-time women earn just 78 cents for every dollar a man earns."(Did You Know) That is kind of a scary thought that after over forty years of this act being written into law that

Women employees make less than men in the same job position. “It is an absolute scandal that American women continue to earn just $0.77 for every dollar men earn.” (Sen. Mikulski) There should not be a gender pay gap. Workers should be given salaries based on their work ethics, degrees, and academic credentials.

Even though men and women who work in the same work place doing the same exact job should be getting the same exact pay, also known as the Equal Pay Act of 1963, this matter is still a constant battle. For example, women earned 79 cents for every dollar that a man earns (whitehouse.gov). This statistic, referred to as the gender gap, has been reoccurring for decades and although the numbers have changed throughout the years, the gap

Women are getting paid 79 cents to the dollar in relation to their male counterparts. They do the exact same work as the women do, yet they get paid a quarter more. The Equal Pay Act has been a law since 1963; for over 50 years this law has been in effect, yet women are still paid less than men in today’s society. The law states “No employer…shall discriminate…between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees…at a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex…” (The Equal Pay Act of 1963)

Men get paid more than females do. Men get promotions more than females do. In the work place women get sexual harassed by their employee. Women who had less education also received less pay. Females have a harder time on trying a CEO position and are challenged when they do earn the position by the male workers. If a male who has graduated college work he will make over 91,000 dollars but if a women who has graduated college works in the same position she would make around 60,000 dollars. So, we don't get paid the same amount even if we do work just as hard as the men

Equal pay for women and even minority groups should be expected, and should not be an issue today. “In 1963, women who worked full-time, year-round made 59 cents on average for every dollar earned by men. In 2010, women earned 77 cents to men's dollar. That means that the wage gap has narrowed by less than half a cent per year” (National Committee on Pay Equity). The Equal Pay Act attempted to make equal pay and get rid of discrimination in the workplace has continued to slowly progress, but it is still extremely large today. As of 2017, women earn about eighty cents for every dollar earned by men. Furthermore, the amount of time the Equal Pay Act is taking is ridiculous and should immediately change women's income in the workplace. Equality for pay doesn’t look like it will be happening very soon, “Based on its research, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research estimated in 2015 that women won’t

The divide in equal pay for women when compared to men has been present in society from the day that women started working alongside men, but what is really being done to abolish the wage gap? The wage gap is the disparity between the income of women and men, even when they are performing the same tasks in their workplace. This is such an issue because women being paid less than men just because they are female should not be allowed. The article States attack the pay gap between women and men was written by Teresa Wiltz and the second article Points of View: Gender Equality was written by W.E. Jacobs and Laura Finley. States attack the pay gap between women and men speaks of the reality of the difference in pay between women and men, when doing comparable work, from a woman who has actively fought

With all the information available about pay on websites you would think there would be more progress but as of 2013 full time working women have earned only 78% of what men make. There are differences between states in the size of the pay gap but there is a difference no matter where women choose to work and live. The best state to live in wasn’t a state and is actually Washington D.C. where women earned 91% of what male counterparts were paid. The worst area to work would be Louisiana as women only bring in 66% of what men earn. The pay gap is evident in almost all occupations whether they were traditionally positions favoring women or not. Age plays a factor into the pay gap as well with women keeping a closer pace with men, at nearly 90% of the pay, up until they turn 35, and then dropping to between 75% and 80%. Women of color have a larger pay gap than their white counterparts with various differences and Hispanic women at the lowest end only bringing in 54% of a white man’s pay. Even education does not improve the pay gap as at all levels of education it still exists and is worse for women of color. This is an issue that needs to be addressed nationally and by the businesses themselves to make the playing field

Women are not equal to men in the workplace because of unequal pay, a lack of women in managerial positions, and sexual harassment in the work place.