Goldberg Dey, Judy and Catherine Hill did some positive contributions in revealing some of the causes of gender wage gap. The article focuses more on how the responsibilities of the two genders have had a hand on the increased cases of gender wage gap. From the article, mothering ability of women is one of the key factors which have a say on gender disparity when it comes to wages. The article is very important in this paper since it gives a definition og gender wage gap and how this aspect has been contibuted into by gender responsibilities. Therefore, I will use it greatly in identifying how gender responsibility plays a key role in gender wage gap.…
According to research findings into the gender pay gap by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), the argument of many economists as to why there is still a substantial pay gap between the genders is that of an individual 's acquired human capital; the individual differences (made) in the choice of investment in education and training, type of occupation, sector of employment and employment status. '…
Greg Perry illustrates the issue of gender pay gap through drawing a cartoon of a man and woman standing on a corner of a street each holding a sign. The man’s sign says, “Will Work for Food” (Greg Perry) and the woman’s says, “Will Work for 28% Less Food” (Greg Perry). The man and woman depicted in the cartoon look the same and have the same facial expressions which could represent, when looking at the political cartoon with an open perspective mind, that they are capable of doing the same amount and quality of work as the other. Women’s activist Kevin Miller explains how the gender pay wage gap is changing and how because of women becoming more and more educated, “The gap has narrowed since the 1970s, due largely to women’s progress in education and workforce participation and to men’s wages rising at a slower rate.” (Miller, Kevin)…
For years, people have complained about a wage gap between the sexes, some say there is no wage gap. In fact, there is no wage gap. Yes, the average amount women take home is definitively less than the average men take home, but this average is unreliable. The wage gap does not exist because the statistics do not take in a number of circumstances, men and women choose different career paths, and women are more likely to work less. One of the reasons the wage gap is a lie, is that the statistics don’t take into account a lot of different key components that could explain the reason women’s average pay is less than men’s.…
Today’s society continues to argue about the subject of social inequalities even in cosmopolitan and first world countries like United States. Gender inequality is a subject that have been forgotten eventually since the women civil rights movement developed and they started gaining an equal right for work. Still, in U.S history, gender inequalities remain till today in relation to the workplace to some degree. The Gender Wage gap is considered a gender inequality, but could be also a result of the interaction of many factors such as education, hours of work, career, etc. Indeed, by definition it is a “statistical indicator” of the amount of money women’s earn in relation to men’s work salaries and calculated by dividing the median annual earnings of women with the median annual earnings of men (Brunner and Rowen, 2012; OECD).…
This essay, published by The New York Times and written by the journalist Claire Cain Miller, establishes a counter argument for the position that many people have taken on the issue of the gender pay gap. Miller and Harvard labor economist, Claudia Goldin, established the view that the pay gap is because of gender and not because of comparisons between the different jobs that males and females take. Being informed is essential to finding solutions for an issue and in this essay Miller informs her audience and shows how information can lead to meaningful solutions. “Occupations that most value long hours, face time at the office and being on call-like business, law and surgery – tend to have the widest pay gap.” Miller establishes in what occupations…
The idea that women earn less than men in the work place is no longer a subject for debate. Study after study has shown that women earn less than their male counterparts. In 1998, for every dollar a man makes, a woman earns .73 cents (CNN, 2000). Since then it has gotten better but not by much. As of 2010 women earned .79 cents to every dollar earned by men. The gender wage gap is a statistical indicator used to show the status of women 's earnings relative to men 's. This nation, unfortunately, has a history of making gender inequality legal. Laws pass early in the 20th century showed that the view that many in the country did not believe that women could not do the same amount of work that men did. This gave way to wage disparity.…
A national event on September 13, 2016, explains how there is a wage gap based on gender. Women are facing lower paid wages compared to men. Some graduated women are earning higher wages then men. I will explain how this fact are affecting American working women.…
“Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work” (Susan B. Anthony). Remember when women were not given the opportunity to be equal to their male counterparts in the workplace? Unless you are older than the age of 57, then you probably wouldn’t have. The fight for equal pay for equal work began in 1960, when women started to join the workforce. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, which aimed at abolishing the wage gap between men and women throughout The United States. For the most part, this has worked tremendously to lower the wage gap, but there are some underlying causes to this wage gap that the Equal Pay Act can not change. There is no patriarchy in America;…
In a society where everyone seems to feel like a victim and justifies their feelings with videos and social media rants, a realistic problem facing women in the work force in the Wage Gap battle. This is a battle that has been going on for years. Although it has improved, many women are still struggling to be as equal as the man.…
The Equal Pay Act was of 1963 prohibited sex-based wage discrimination by employers for equal jobs done by men and women. However, it is the year 2016, 53 years later, and women in the workforce in America still earn lower wages than men across and within almost all occupations. The median wages of women are lower than that of men irrespective of whether the income is measured based hourly, weekly or annual earnings (Costello and Hegewisch, 2016). There are many people that believe that the gender based wage gap is a myth. Some experts attribute the wage gap to the choices women make such as choosing occupations that do not pay higher wages, taking time off to have children, and not working long hours like men due to family responsibilities.…
Hill says, “The pay gap affects women from all backgrounds, at all ages, and of all levels of educational achievement, although earnings and the gap vary depending on a woman’s individual situation.” It wouldn’t be accurate to ignore all of these situations and come up with data despite them. To be able to find people with the same exact job qualifications and situation all across the US would be really challenging. Then, if the data ever is proven correct, we can say if the wage gap is based on sexism or situation.…
The impact of discrimination against women and their pay entitlements has been, without debate, proven by many polls and research efforts. According to an article published in The Wall Street Journal that conducted a poll discussing gender in workplace bias, “84% of women say men are paid more for similar work, a view borne out by government data but which draws agreement from only two-thirds of men. More than four in 10 women say they have faced gender discrimination personally, most often in the workplace” (Nelson). The article further expounds to address very specific data. Some of that data was collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “The Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that women who work full-time earn 79% of the weekly pay that men bring home. The Institute for Women's Policy Research, which tracks the gender wage gap, finds that women's median earnings lag men's in almost every occupation. While the gap narrowed during the 1980s and 1990s, there has been little movement since 2000” (Nelson). While there are minute differences in statistical findings from different reports, they have all provided the same general concept that differences in pay do exist based on…
The gender wage gap is a constant debate in society today. It is a fact that men are paid a…
Every day, from almost every company, in every part of the world, millions of men and women receive unequal wages in their day to day careers. Even here in America, with over 77,000 workers ("Workers Paid Hourly Rates" 1), there are drastic differences between ranks. "In 2014, female full-time workers made only 79 cents for every dollar earned by men" ("Equality and Discrimination" 1). However, the diversity occurs not just between men and women, but also between races. The female wage gap appears largest for Hispanic and Latina women, who were paid only 54% of what white men, were paid in 2014 (Hill 4). While countless Americans may not see an obstacle, that is exactly the issue. In order for a healthier nation to exist with a better basis…