Analysis: The Gender Pay Gap

Critics of gender inequality are quick to place blame on the government or businesses for not hiring women, but do not suggest a way of destroying the inequality altogether. The first step of this process is to give women the equal chance of economic success as men have. This means addressing

For instance, women take unpaid leave more often than men, often to take care of newborns. Did you know that if more employers offered paid maternity leave, women are twice as likely to return back to their original employers? In fact, women’s earnings can decrease up to 7% per child that she has. Sometimes education level can be a reason for a pay gap, women with master’s degrees still only make 72% of what men with master’s degrees make. It is certain that some circumstances can somewhat explain the gender pay gap,but the rest is left to another factor, pure discrimination.

Gender equality: the pinnacle concept that American society is not-so desperately trying to achieve. Many Americans have convinced themselves that gender equality was remedied by the Nineteenth Amendment and the Second Feminist Movement, and have not considered the thousands of steps that are left on the journey. In recent years, a matter of public interest has been the gender wage gap, stating that women are earning significantly less money than men for doing an equivalent amount of work. Critics of the effort to “break the glass ceiling” claim that a pay gap does not exist, and that if it does, it is because women either do not work as hard, have to tend to their families, or hold lower paying jobs. However, the gender pay gap has been proven to exist in a variety of different forms,

Gender pay gap The gender pay gap is the percentage difference between average hourly earnings for men and women in the workplace. The pay gap isn 't the same as equal pay. Equal pay means that men and women doing the same job should be paid the same. This has been a legal requirement which was established in The Equal Pay act of 1970.

The gender gap in economic participation can be measured through the difference in numbers between men and women participating in the labour workforce. In the world currently, 82% of men participate in the labour workforce while only 56% of women do. It is estimated that if women participated in the workforce identically to men, the annual gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025 could increase as much as 26%; closing the gender gap by allowing more women to participate in the workforce is critical for long-term economic benefits. However, several factors hold women back from economic participation for several reasons, such as social norms, discriminatory laws, and gaps in legal protection. Therefore, it is crucial for governments to enforce laws

Although Aunt Alexandra does not possess the strength to detach from the social customs, Scout and Calpurnia are able to cast off the conventional roles despite society’s wishes. Calpurnia’s act of successfully living in black and white communities and Scout’s act of defying typical gender roles illustrates to the reader how immensely society pressures women. Although the expectations of women in modern times are not the same as in southern Alabama, women are still oppressed today. It is not always clear to see, but women today are so used to acting a certain way, they are unable to recognize the inequality between genders and races. Through Aunt Alexandra the reader is able to grasp, that not every woman is capable of having the incredible amount of strength it takes to break away from the socially accepted roles.

Simple Truth). Even though the gap between the wages has decreased since years past doesn’t mean that this world issue has been solved. In fact there is still significant work to be done. Studies found that, “In 50 states of the USA plus the District of Columbia there is a wage gap problem”(The Simple Truth).

Hinton was writing The Outsiders it was not as debated then as it was now. Critics in that time period thought that women both young and old knew nothing about the darker side of the world. S.E. Hinton however, challenged the stereotype of that day and the result was readers and critics alike enjoyed The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton broke new ground for all women to write about whatever they desire, and now their is no question whether women can actually write about real world experiences. She single handedly broke down a gender inequality door and opened it wide open for women to write about the cruel harsh

Although women and men still work in different careers they still predominate in different fields. Notably, within the same company women predominate in lower value and lower paid jobs. Women often work in health education or customer service where the work is lower valued and lower paid than those fields that are dominated by men. According to a census conducted in the United States of America in 2004 “ This gap has been static, as women have consistently earned only 77 percent of what their male counterparts earn..”(U.S Census 2004) Additionally, segregation is frequently tied to traditions and stereotypes. Even though in some cases this may reflect personal choices, traditions, and stereotypes still carry much weight for example, this is evident in the choice of educational path and professional careers young women choose.

Even though the author shows and states many facts and statistics about how gender equality now a days isn't working, he doesn't give enough examples on how to solve it. For example the author says, “ Women are capable creature's. Have been for a very long time, though we often downplay it”(Scott). And this is a good example because in the beginning, the author is explaining how women are capable of doing anything but the author doesn't give any information nor any examples on how they are capable of doing stuff.

Do you think it is fair for a person to get paid less than someone else simply because of their gender? It is unjust and unfortunately it happens right here in our country. In the United States, women are oppressed every day by receiving a lower wage than men. This is known as the wage gap. They have been mistreated this way for a long enough time already.

REGRESSION ASSIGNMENT   I chose Gender Pay Gap and I favor this a great deal because, I truly feel that women should get equal pay the same amount as men for the same work that they both perform. Women are still not receiving equal compensation for labor they put in to get the same jobs done as men in America today. This just doesn’t affect women right now in the present but it enables them in the long run when it comes to securing their retirement checks. Some people feel there are various reasons for the gender pay gap whether it may be the women’s age, race or in some cases their educational level.

Work is one of the ways we meet daily survival needs. The type of work you do determines how you are rewarded in society. Paid work is paid employment as well as, a form of work that requires obligation time. Domestic labor is the unpaid tasks involved in maintaining the household, purchasing and prepping food, and taking care of the children. It is a system that is based on love and duty, not wage.