Women Should Receive Equal Pay

Women have made extraordinary strides toward workplace equality in the last century. The labor-market participation rate for women 25 to 44 years of age - the average child bearing years - rose from less than 20% to more than 75% between 1900 and 1999 (Velasquez, 1.) Author Andrea Lunsford writes about the simple concept of “comparable worth” saying that concept of workers with “comparable skills, education and experience be paid equal amounts” should be a fairly simple policy to institute. (Lunsford, 617) But as many women know first hand, this practice can be fairly difficult to enforce. Many companies can even seem downright opposed to it. Women in the workplace have it hard enough; they are under more

For many years people have debated if women deserve the same amount of pay as men. Some people believe women do not deserve equal pay as they are seen as the small part of the workforce, just working to gain extra money around the house, or even seen less educated than the men in the workplace. On the other side, people believe if women are doing the same jobs as men they should be getting the same pay. They make a point about how more women are the primary source of income for families in America instead of the men. I agree with the second article, a woman working the same job as a man should be paid the same amount. The image society has put on women to be the housewife is the main reason why the pay gap exists. To get over that stereotype

It is very hard to imagine individuals performing the same job and the rate of pay not being equal due to the gender of the worker. This occurs too often in our society and is unjust and unfair. Women often characterized as homemakers have not been paid at the same rate as men when they enter the workforce. Even when women work jobs which require more worker than men, they have a lower pay rate. Female employees are still suffering from salary inequality.

According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, if change in the wage gap keeps going at the pace it is, then it will take 44 years before women are earning the same amount as men ("Pay Equity & Discrimination.”) The wage gap is a big problem. If we all work together, we can fix it.

Nationally women on average are paid 80 cents to a man’s dollar. “Experts say that women and men will not reach pay parity until 2059.” This means that equal pay will not be achieved until 43 years from now. This represents a big issue in our society. “A women working full time, year round earns $10,800 less than a man

As the world progresses, so does gender equality. There has been a debate for a long time about whether women should be getting paid the same wage as men if they have the same job and same credentials. All men and women are to be looked at as equal, whether it be in the workforce, at home, or hourly or salary pay. Men should have higher pay because men are supposed to provide for their family and they need the hours. Women have always been known to stay at home and do the “stay-at-home” jobs, but as time progresses they have had a stronger influence in the world as they are doing more jobs that are “fit” for men. Although gender equality has played a big role in society, it usually seems to go unnoticed.

For every dollar that a man make a woman only gets paid seventy-seven cents. They are multiple reasons for this gap in pay. One being that they are different types of jobs that are targeted to a specific gender group. And a “man’s job” will have a higher pay that let’s say a “woman’s job”. Another reason is that people assert importance to one’s decisions in life. For instance, women are pushed to have children and raising them not to have a job. There for women will not get paid as much because they are expected to have children and then the father, or male-figure, is the main source of income for the family. The final reason for the gender disparity in the United Sates is the gender inequality that women suffer because of discrimination. Women are constantly faced with discrimination. Some companies just pay women less because they can and they won’t be called out or punished because of it. This companies are making more money from the lessen women wages. In conclusion, the gender disparity in pay in the United States is above average compared to other places in the world, but it still has a long way to go till it reaches gender equality in pay. (Macionis, 2014, pp

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

The issue of pay equality between genders has always been an important topic. For some reason many people believe that women are still unfairly paid less than men. The common statistic, now popular belief, is that women get paid seventy seven cents for every dollar a man makes. Though this statistic seems real it was no more than a false statistic used to help politicians get votes. The truth is, if the math was done the correct way, then this statistic would be significantly smaller than we originally thought.

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.

According to Barack Obama,“Today, women make up about half our workforce. But they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, it’s an embarrassment. Women deserve equal pay for equal work” (Azquotes Par2 )

Almost anyone who opposes equal wages for women will usually use the statement; “Women should not get paid equal wages because they lack the experiences men can gain from not taking off work to raise children”. It’s true some women have to take off work to care for children, but not all women have children and sometimes men take off work to raise children, yet men still get paid more even if children are not a factor. There's a quote by Maria Shriver that describes the impact of unequal wages; “When we pay women less than men were telling women their work isn't as valuable. We’re all equally valuable, and we should be paid equally”. This is the 21st century and women have become an important and productive part of society, it's sad that equal pay still isn’t reality, even after everything society has overcome to improve

Because women don’t get work done, have kids, and aren’t strong, their wages should be half as much as men’s. This is the time to act; join the cause and campaign against equal pay to ensure the gender gap prevails. Husbands, ask your wife’s boss to pay her less! Wives, ask your boss to pay you less! An unfair world is where we all want to

In addition to discrimination in education, women face discrimination in jobs around the world including the United States. Women are not paid same as men in America. Women working in the same fields as men will not get the same amount of money as men. Research illustrates that there is twenty percent gap between men and women’s income in the United Sates, where there is eighteen percent gap between them worldwide. Some women are not hired in companies. Aamer Madhani writes in USA Today that the White House in recent weeks has repeatedly highlighted government data that indicates women earn seventy-seven cents for every dollar in wages paid to men (USA 1). It is a Law in the United States to provide everyone equal opportunities, but it does not seem happening. Nobody follows the laws. Even though, women complain about it, nobody listens to them. It is not fair that women are not paid equally; either, businesses should pay them same amount, as men, or government should interfere in companies who

While companies strive to remain profitable and build a people first culture, it is the same organizations that should standardize the pay for the position or title, and not have large gaps between the pay ranges for men and women. Women should be paid the same as men in the same positions with the same education and experience. This statement is true; first, because it is discrimination against women to pay them less, the practice of not paying equal pay for equal work and education is not only biased but also highly shameful to the ethics of woman everywhere. Second, not giving women equal pay for equal work sends a message to women that no matter how hard she works in her career, she can never equal up to a male in the same position, which is also