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"The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was passed to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex and sought to ensure that women earn equal pay for equal work. Its purpose was clear: Eliminate the gender wage gap, which hurts women and families. But 50 years later, pay discrimination is alive and well. Gag rules that require employees to keep their pay secret perpetuate this inequity." (www.cnn.com) I as a women have personally experienced this in the workforce; where male workers are paid a higher salary them the female worker for the same job title and duties. Majority of employers take advantage of the comapany policies of no pay discussions among employees. Many women are the head of their houseold and are the only breadwinner, rasing their voice aganist such discremination mean losing their job; therefore they have no other option but to bear this kind of discremination. Economist Evelyn Murphy, President of The Wage Project, estimated in an article that over a lifetime (47 years of full-time work) this gap amounts to a loss in wages for a woman of $700,000 for a high school graduate; $1.2 million for a college graduate and $2 million for a professional school graduate. (Census Bureau reports and data, Current Population Reports, Median Earning of Workers 15 Years Old and Over by Work Experience and Sex. 
Updated September 2009) from a feminist prospective, I think this discrimination exists, because women’s role is considered to the homemaker and caregiver and the men are seen as a the breadwinner, and providers for their families.