Women Get Paid Less, Here's Why
Women Get Paid Less, Here’s Why.
You’ve likely heard of the wage gap. 79 cents to a woman for every dollar a man earns. However, how factually sound are these arguments? Do women really get payed less than men? 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. For instance, they don’t take into account women who only work part time, or women who work less hours. Some may argue that even when a man and woman work the same job for the same amount of hours, the man will still be payed 21 cents more. This is simply a lie, there is no proof to backup this statement. When a person, no matter their …show more content…
It’s not sexist to say that women work less, it’s a fact. The minimum hours an employee may work is 35 hours a week, with a maximum of 48 hours per week. The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that the average full-time working woman work 8.2 hours a day, whereas a man will work 8.9 hours daily. It’s clear that men work more, consequently earning more. A common response to this fact is that it’s not true, this is the mind of a liberal. However, numerous sources say men work 42-45 minutes a day more than women, with the exception of the biased Huffington Post, saying women work 32 hours more than men per year. Simply put, men work more hours than women, subsequently earning more. It’s irrational to say
You’ve likely heard of the wage gap. 79 cents to a woman for every dollar a man earns. However, how factually sound are these arguments? Do women really get payed less than men? 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. For instance, they don’t take into account women who only work part time, or women who work less hours. Some may argue that even when a man and woman work the same job for the same amount of hours, the man will still be payed 21 cents more. This is simply a lie, there is no proof to backup this statement. When a person, no matter their …show more content…
It’s not sexist to say that women work less, it’s a fact. The minimum hours an employee may work is 35 hours a week, with a maximum of 48 hours per week. The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that the average full-time working woman work 8.2 hours a day, whereas a man will work 8.9 hours daily. It’s clear that men work more, consequently earning more. A common response to this fact is that it’s not true, this is the mind of a liberal. However, numerous sources say men work 42-45 minutes a day more than women, with the exception of the biased Huffington Post, saying women work 32 hours more than men per year. Simply put, men work more hours than women, subsequently earning more. It’s irrational to say