Discrimination And Inequality: Should Women Get Paid
Throughout history, discrimination and inequality in all forms have been a constant battle whether due to race, religion, gender or any other aspect that makes an individual vary from the next. Many women working full time are paid only 77-79 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts; this creates difficulty when trying to tend to their family’s basic needs such as paying for food, housing and other necessities.
Equal pay is essential, but often employees do not receive the same amount of salary as others in their work field who put in the equal amount of work and effort in just because of their gender. While some argue that “[women] get paid less… because they work fewer hours and they achieve less” (Angry Harry) to try to
justify and even terminate the idea that a wage gap even exists; women do deserve to receive the equal amount of salary as men do for doing the same exact amount of work- there’s a 21 percent wage gap for crying out loud. If women were paid fairly, the poverty rate for working women would be cut in half. This drastically reduces the number of women suffering from poverty as well as increases the ability of women from all economic backgrounds to provide fundamental support to their families.
During the last couple decades, women have made astounding improvements by moving into occupations and jobs previously done solely by men. Is the wage gap between females and males even moral? Why is gender a factor that varies income? Women working full time in the United States are paid roughly 79 percent of what men are, a gap of 21 percent, according to studies done in 2014. This wage gap expands when a race is brought up; Hispanic or Latina women are only paid 54% of a white man's dollar.
Women in most professions are paid less that men. In soccer women are paid nearly 1/6th of what the male soccer players make on average. “The top five players on the men’s team make an average of $406,000 each year… the top five women are guaranteed only $72,000 each year” (Lloyd 2/4). Women are guaranteed substantially less than the average amount men are expected to be paid each year. The annual income of one of the top male soccer plays can be used to pay over five of the highest ranked female soccer players.
Equal pay is essential, but often employees do not receive the same amount of salary as others in their work field who put in the equal amount of work and effort in just because of their gender. While some argue that “[women] get paid less… because they work fewer hours and they achieve less” (Angry Harry) to try to
justify and even terminate the idea that a wage gap even exists; women do deserve to receive the equal amount of salary as men do for doing the same exact amount of work- there’s a 21 percent wage gap for crying out loud. If women were paid fairly, the poverty rate for working women would be cut in half. This drastically reduces the number of women suffering from poverty as well as increases the ability of women from all economic backgrounds to provide fundamental support to their families.
During the last couple decades, women have made astounding improvements by moving into occupations and jobs previously done solely by men. Is the wage gap between females and males even moral? Why is gender a factor that varies income? Women working full time in the United States are paid roughly 79 percent of what men are, a gap of 21 percent, according to studies done in 2014. This wage gap expands when a race is brought up; Hispanic or Latina women are only paid 54% of a white man's dollar.
Women in most professions are paid less that men. In soccer women are paid nearly 1/6th of what the male soccer players make on average. “The top five players on the men’s team make an average of $406,000 each year… the top five women are guaranteed only $72,000 each year” (Lloyd 2/4). Women are guaranteed substantially less than the average amount men are expected to be paid each year. The annual income of one of the top male soccer plays can be used to pay over five of the highest ranked female soccer players.