The Gender Pay Gap
The Gender Gap
English Composition II/Eng 122
May 12, 2014
Abstract
The Gender Wage Gap is something invented by prehistoric man back in the 1900 's. Designed to keep women from making the same money and receiving the same benefits as their male counter-parts. This was a devise born in gender discrimination , intended to keep women in her place. When it was found to be unconstitutional they tried to fix it , but the monster had grown out of proporation. It had gotten so out of hand that no one not even the original creator could recognize it. There are so many factors that make up the gap but the largest factor still remains as discrimination.
The Gender Gap
For as long as there have been jobs and Women in the …show more content…
The American Association of University Women tackled the pay gap question by looking at workers of the same educational attainment耀ame kind of college, same grades揺olding the same kinds of jobs, and having made the same choices about marriage and number of kids. They found that college-educated women earn 5 percent less the first year out of school than their male peers. Ten years later, even if they keep working on par with those men, the women earn 12% less. ..Jane Farrell and Sarah Jane Glynn explore the question of whether there is more gender equality among minority men and women than among …show more content…
Many dual income families must subtract the cost of child care, and a second car. They only add an addition 14% to the families income. So more than likely they are working for job benefits.
And last but not least according to Thatcher, J. (2013). Art Monthly 50:50, (367), 5-8.
Women are still woefully under-represented in the art world argues Jennifer Thatcher. :Last year an artist fired one of their studio assistants for being pregnant. She recalled that as soon as she made the announcement she was treated differently , and spoken to as though she had made a huge mistake. Despite working as hard as she could in an attempt to prove she could manage the work. She was eventually asked to leave and forgo her rights to statutory maternity pay.
There lies the Physical inhibitors, Gender Specific discrimination. This type of discrimination still exists in the work place, and they are not trying to hide it. To be spoken to and treat like you had a disorder of some sort is just not exceptionable and against the
English Composition II/Eng 122
May 12, 2014
Abstract
The Gender Wage Gap is something invented by prehistoric man back in the 1900 's. Designed to keep women from making the same money and receiving the same benefits as their male counter-parts. This was a devise born in gender discrimination , intended to keep women in her place. When it was found to be unconstitutional they tried to fix it , but the monster had grown out of proporation. It had gotten so out of hand that no one not even the original creator could recognize it. There are so many factors that make up the gap but the largest factor still remains as discrimination.
The Gender Gap
For as long as there have been jobs and Women in the …show more content…
The American Association of University Women tackled the pay gap question by looking at workers of the same educational attainment耀ame kind of college, same grades揺olding the same kinds of jobs, and having made the same choices about marriage and number of kids. They found that college-educated women earn 5 percent less the first year out of school than their male peers. Ten years later, even if they keep working on par with those men, the women earn 12% less. ..Jane Farrell and Sarah Jane Glynn explore the question of whether there is more gender equality among minority men and women than among …show more content…
Many dual income families must subtract the cost of child care, and a second car. They only add an addition 14% to the families income. So more than likely they are working for job benefits.
And last but not least according to Thatcher, J. (2013). Art Monthly 50:50, (367), 5-8.
Women are still woefully under-represented in the art world argues Jennifer Thatcher. :Last year an artist fired one of their studio assistants for being pregnant. She recalled that as soon as she made the announcement she was treated differently , and spoken to as though she had made a huge mistake. Despite working as hard as she could in an attempt to prove she could manage the work. She was eventually asked to leave and forgo her rights to statutory maternity pay.
There lies the Physical inhibitors, Gender Specific discrimination. This type of discrimination still exists in the work place, and they are not trying to hide it. To be spoken to and treat like you had a disorder of some sort is just not exceptionable and against the