The Gender Pay Gap Analysis

It is a commonly known fact that all women only make a fraction (an average of 78%) of what men do (men are statistically the highest paid group, so they are the 100%) (IWPR). Income varies upon occupation, but when did wage inequality become influenced by gender, race, and ethnicity? Why are women earning less on average than men, and why are some races suffering more than others? A few answers may be sexual and/or racial discrimination, where women usually work jobs that are stereotypical. Stereotypical women jobs are things such as teaching or assisting (which are both low paying). Jobs can also be stereotypical to race, like Hispanic/Latina women as maids (also low paying). Or perhaps it’s the lack of a higher education, especially for

But she then says that “men are making more than women. Period,” (Wallace). This leaves the reader to believe that Wallace is right and the opposing argument is false. Sara Glynn’s and Jane Ferrell’s article “The gender Pay Gap: 2014; Earnings Differences by Race and Ethnicity” shows how race/ethnicity plays a part in the wage inequality. The article opens with a fact of Caucasian women earn only 81 percent of their male counterparts. They analyzed Latina women to Latino men (the women earn 88%) and African American women to African American men (the women earn 90%) (Glynn, Ferrell). Glynn and Ferrell then switch to analyze the wages of the African American women and Latina/Hispanic women, then compare their wages to that of Caucasian men. “African American women earn 36 percent less than white men and Latinas a mere 45 percent. Interestingly, the gap between the earnings of Asian women and white men is smaller, just 12 percent, but that mounts up over a lifetime, and Asian American women earn just 73 percent of what Asian American men make,” (Glynn/Ferrell). Glynn and Ferrell’s article is a combination of inequality between genders, and inequality between