The Equal Pay Act is a big topic in today's society. The Equal Pay Act would ensure equal pay regardless of your gender. Woman get paid less than men (averaging 78 cents on the dollar) and people are fighting to fix it. I believe they have a pretty good reason to fight. Equal pay should be a right, not a opportunity. Women deserve equal pay for equal work, and they are working for it. Women have earned a lot of rights over the years and are not about to stop now.
To make things clear, I'm not about to say that women have no rights, because that is simply not true. Women have gained more rights …show more content…
Why? Because unfair pay is a thing, and it hurts woman and their families everywhere. Some people say that women should just depend on a man for money, but there are two things wrong with that. First of all, this isn't the 1800s anymore. We are our own people. We shouldn’t have to depend on other people. Second of all, think of those single moms who work as much as they can to support themselves
and their children. Think of those families who have a father in war. They cant depend on a man to get their money figured out.
Women need equal pay, because as men loose high income jobs, families are becoming more dependent on women salaries. When men loose high paying jobs, the women is expected to be able to support a family finically. But when women don’t get paid well, they often times cant do this. All because of low pay for women, families are starving. Studies show that families with more money have children who do better in school. You could have children to doing well in school all because of unfair pay.
And finally, women need equal pay, because it may loose you employs. Think about the effect unfair pay has women's decisions. If you knew you weren't getting paid as much as you could, would you really want to come back to work? Probably not. Therefor you may