Wage Disparity Women

What are possible reasons, according to the author, for why the issue of unequal pay among women of color in particular does not garner national media attention?

The gender pay gap in the United States forms a slightly mixed feeling. On one hand, after years of opposition to the earnings of women compared to men. There has been a large increase in women's earnings since the 1970s. The gender pay gap in the United States is measured through the female to male average yearly earnings for a full-time, year-round worker. Previously, a woman earned 77 cents for every dollar that a male gets. Since 1980, the gap has narrowed by 16.8 cents, improving from 60.2 cents to 77 cents, as stated by the Institute for Women’s Policy. The current pay gap between female and male is 82 cent for every one dollar. This growth is significant because it opposes the relative stability of the earlier incomes of a woman in the

World War II is a pivotal point for women’s history because it allowed for women to become more involved in the workforce. Women were introduced to the workfield in vast numbers during WWII and became a vital source for American economy. Women were nurses, midwives, and worked more in male dominated fields. The “Rosie the Riveter” poster inspired women to go help out for WWII efforts and inspired women to do less housekeeping tasks, allowing them to spend more time outside the household. Women took many jobs and were paid for their tasks, but not as much as their male counterparts in the field. Therefore, the problem of wage disparity based on gender grew significantly. Before the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women were paid lower wages than males

When someone goes to create a resume, they do not always consider the effects that their gender has on their pay wage, position of authority and benefits. These factors have changed drastically from the past to the present time, but there continues to be evidence of foul play.

This sociological issue of equal pay for women is extremely relevant in today’s environment where women perform equal work as men in many occupations. Furthermore, with almost 50% of the work force being women, women contributing equally to the family income, and a large number of women being the single parents supporting children, lack of equal pay over time could increase the poverty rates for women (White House, 2016). In addition, IWPR’s 2015 report on the status of American women, states that if women receive equal pay for the same work, poverty rate among women will see a

Women are getting 20 cents less than a man and the pay gap could get bigger or hopeful smaller. This problem affects an entire half of people in America, think of all the people you have talked to today, about half of them get less money than you do or more just because they are a boy or a girl. According to Pay Equity & Discrimination - Institute for Women's Policy Research “if change continues at the same slow rates as its been for the last fifty years, it will be 44 years—or until 2059—for women to achieve equal payments ments as a man. Hispanic women will have equal pay until 2248 and Black/ brown women will mostly wait until 2124 for equal pay.”

“Well honey, Daddy is better than me at everything, and he deserves more money.” Right now, for every dollar earned by men, white women make 77 cents, African American women make 60 cents, and Latina women make 55 cents. The wage gap has decreased dramatically since the 1960’s and is expected to equalize by 2059. This is just wrong; female citizens do not deserve pay equality. Women in the workforce should be paid half as much money as men because women can’t get stuff done, have children, and are weaklings.

We cannot discuss pay equity unless we take a brief look at the history of women and their roles in society from the beginning of this country up through today. The roles and responsibilities of women have changed since this country was established. When our country was established, women’s jobs were in the homes doing housekeeping, bearing, and rearing children. They had no political voice nor power. There were some women, such as Abigail Adams and Judith Sargent Murray who began to voice their concerns and beliefs about female subjugation (“NWHM Exhibit”). Slowly, men began to consider that women had a right to some form of education, but still believed that men were the public figure

The equal pay dilemma has been an issue in this country dating back as early as the 1880’s. During World War I and World War II the concept of equal pay became a matter of policy with limited practice. Many women were called upon to replace male factory workers who had been sent to the war which became a catalyst for the subject. A national debate arose as to whether or not the policies of equal pay should continue to be practiced during peacetime. The main advocate of these equal pay policies in the U.S. was the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor. However these policies soon died as the war ended and the major male workforce came back from overseas. The topic of equal pay has been thoroughly investigated and well documented throughout the years and all the information leads to the same conclusion that equal pay does not exist. Years of protest for women’s equal rights prompted the slogan “equal pay for equal work” which became very appealing throughout the nation. This slogan, which cried out for equality, helped gain support from labor parties, unions, woman’s organizations, and government ministries. However, defining these terms such as equal pay and equal work is a difficult task in itself. The problem with equal pay lays in the fact that a very small

Since the dawn of time, discrimination and oppression in all forms has been a constant battle; whether its race, gender, religion, beliefs, or anything else that makes people different from another, it is happening every day. The significant discrimination problem we are and have been battling happens in our very own workplace. Women with the same education, training, and experience are not receiving equal pay. “On average, women make 77 cents to every dollar a man makes. For women of color, that difference widens” says NBC News journalist Mary Emily O’Hara in her article “Equal Pay Day: Women Rally Against Wage Gap, Workplace Discrimination.” This inequality happens to come from the common belief that men work and provide while women stay at home to take care of the house and kids. The fact that someone can make 23 percent less than someone who does the exact same thing goes to show how unjust the workforce is. Women deserve equal pay due to the benefits everyone receives because of it.

Did you know that women and men do not receive equal pay for performing the same jobs? This gender bias is commonly referred to as the “Gender Wage Gap,” and it affects millions of working women across their career and lifespans. Women entered the work force for the first time as men left their jobs to fight in World War II, resulting in a fifty percent increase of the labor force from 1940 to 1945 (Quast, 2011). During this time, the role of women not working outside the home changed. Despite many women working, society continues to perpetuate the expectation that women’s roles are in the home. This stigma has created an inferiority complex that has transferred to women earning fewer wages then men for performing the same jobs. Currently, women make up forty seven percent of the labor force according to The Labor Department however; women are still earning fewer wages than men in nearly every occupation (Women in the Labor Force, 2016). Women deserve equal pay because they perform the same jobs as men equally, have identical education and experience and have become the primary breadwinners for their families.

What is gender wage gap? According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency gender wage gap is the difference between women’s and men’s average weekly full-time equivalent earnings, expressed as a percentage of men’s earnings. Women have faced discrimination of all kind since the beginning of time, in not only the work place but also in education. For many years woman have fought to be respected by their colleagues. They are constantly judged by their appearance, not being pretty or sexy enough. Men also face discrimination in the work place, but women seem to be more likely to have to deal with discrimination on the job. Is gender wage discrimination still a problem in America? Although great strides have been made in the work industry by leap and bounds for women, the fact that women make far less than men remain a problem. For centuries men have made more money than women doing the exact same job. Besides being over-worked and under-paid, women are faced with many adversities in their daily lives when it comes to the working industry. Women working in the United States of America have been reported to earn $11,000 less every year than men. Women make up an estimated 49 percent of the workforce, but 59 percent of the low-wage workforce (Harkin & Ledbetter, 2010). The wage gap between Caucasian men and African-American and Latino/Hispanic women is even wider. According to a 2008 study by the U.S. Department of Labor, women earn

Women are the base of the human race; without women, the human race would die out because there would not be anyone to bear and produce children. Women do so much for the world, for example, they take care of their children, donate eggs and ovaries to help those who cannot have children and on top of all of that they pursue a career. However, for some reason they are still paid less than men, even when they are in the same position and doing the same amount of work as their male counterparts. For example, findings from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research show that in 2015 the average woman who worked full time only made 80 cents for every dollar a man earned. 20 cents may not seem like a lot of money, but for salaries greater than 50,000 dollars a year, those very 20 cents can amount to more than 10,000 dollars in earnings. Although the wage gap is very obvious to companies, there is not much being done in the workplace to decrease that wage gap. Unfortunately, men do not understand the extent of which the wage gap affects women because they, for one, earn a higher wage and are encouraged to negotiate for a higher pay, whereas women are told to accept the pay that they are offered or else that they will be looked as rude, aggressive and bossy. Despite misogynistic beliefs, the gender wage gap is very detrimental not only for women but also the national economy.

For centuries, women were told they had to stay at home and tend to the cooking, the cleaning, and raise the children, while the men provided for the family. Before the 1920’s, women could not work. They were expected to be housewives and that only. Once legislation allowed women to start working, they were seamstresses, or nurses. Today, women are working in the same careers as men. Women, however, are seen as being less valuable than the man. The man is in charge; he holds all the power, and women must obey to their commands. And the men are the ones making a larger income than the women today. Even though women are working at the same workplace, they are being paid less than that of a white man. The gender pay gap is real. It is not a myth like some people say. Women are working just as hard as men. Why should they be paid less? The gender pay gap needs to come to a close, providing equal pay to not both sexes, but all race sexes as well.

Although the Equal Pay Act was put into place, women still are not paid as much as men. On average, women are paid 79 cents for every dollar men are paid. This is even worse for women of minorities. Black women are paid 63 cents for every dollar men are paid, and Hispanic women are paid 54 cents for every dollar men are paid (Hoover). This is surprising, especially because research says women affect roughly 80% of customers' purchases positively (Reich and McCulloch). Women are doing the same work and the same amount of work as men, but are not getting paid as much. For example, "Female financial specialists make 66% of what males do. Doctors make 71%, and lawyers and judges make 87%," (Hardwick). Females working the same job as males are being paid fractions of what the men are paid. Instead of society bettering itself, it has taken steps back because of this discrimination.