twenty-one cents to every dollar a man earns. The wage gap between genders was and is still a problem around the globe. The process to fix this broken system may take an estimate of 118 years‚ but there are things being implemented to rectify the wage gap‚ such as‚ raise of the minimum wage‚ paid sick days and pay transparency (Grimley). The Center for American Progress recently released a report called 7 Actions that Could Shrink the Gender Wage Gap it states‚ “While nearly two-thirds of mothers are
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THE GENDER WAGE GAP IN THE UNITED STATES Name: Alejandra Aguilera Date: Teacher’s Name: Subject: Language B Word count: 1186 THE GENDER WAGE GAP IN THE UNITED STATES Introduction Today’s society continues to argue about the subject of social inequalities even in cosmopolitan and first world countries like United States. Gender inequality is a subject that have been forgotten eventually since the women civil rights movement developed and they started gaining an
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and in gender. It’s no surprise that even to this day men are still at a higher level than women. It is a fact that women are paid less than men by a vast amount. During the American Revolution women were mostly at home serving as house maids while men did work labor and brought home the money. In the year 1970‚ white men were paid 100 percent of their earnings while white women got paid 58.7 percent‚ there is no denying the difference in the wage gap between genders. In addition‚ the wage gap didn’t
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Compare and Contrast Two Books There are two books that I have read help me successfully in my life. One of whose names is " Chicken Soup for Soul: Think Positive" and the other is " Chicken Soup for Soul: Finding Your Happiness’’. When you compare them‚ they seem like dramatically different books‚ but they have many things in common‚ and I love both of them. They have many similarities. Both of them have the title is ‘‘Chicken Soup
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freedom‚ but I did not realize that there were many responsibilities and roles that I had to deal with until I came to the U.S. and started living alone. When I was in Japan‚ I used to live with my parents‚ and my mom always took care of me; however‚ I am now living alone in the U.S. I strongly think that there are more advantages to living with parents more than living alone during the college years. When I was living with my parents in Japan‚ there was always someone around me and a person I can talk
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The Gender pay gap Historically‚ gender inequality has always been a phenomenon embedded in our cultural infrastructure and today it still exists in our society in the subtle form of Pay Gap‚ a social issue that exposes income discrepancy between men and women. There are multiple causes to this difference of wage and the measure of pay gap fluctuates greatly based on demographics and economic status. Pay gap affects us in various ways in terms of job selectivity‚ economic functionality‚ and gender
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Another research about women wage gap is conducted by Kidd and Shannon (2002) in Australia. This research tries to project the future gender wage gap in 2031 by using income distribution survey in 1996 and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) demographic projections (Kidd & Shannon‚ 2002). The result shows that even though there are a significant number of women in the workforce‚ the gender wage gap will not change considerably in 2031 (Kidd & Shannon‚ 2002). Moreover‚ despite women achievement
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When I was fifteen‚ I read a book titled I am Malala. This book is about a young Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban on her way to school. The story of Malala opened my eyes to the very different in which we live. One of my favorite quotes from I am Malala is‚ “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” To me‚ this quote shows a cry for help from middle-eastern women. It made me start thinking about all girls in the middle-east and how their lives compare to mine.
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In the United States‚ there is a wide gender wage gap mainly opposing women of all ethnicities. According to Shaw and Lee‚ gender wage gap is‚ “ An index of the status of women’s earnings relative to men’s and is expressed as a percentage and is calculated by dividing the median annual earnings for women by the median annual earnings for men.” (Susan M. Shaw Janet Lee 497) The overall percentage for women working full time was 77%. Explained by Shaw and Lee‚ “ Every dollar a man earns‚ a women earns
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References: Ceci‚ S. J.‚ Ginther‚ D. K.‚ Kahn‚ S. S.‚ & Williams‚ W. (2014). Women in academic science: Explaining the gap. Psychological Science in the Public Interest. doi: 10.1177/1529100614541236 Huge‚ M.‚ Glynn‚ C.‚ & Knobloch-Westerwick‚ S. (2013) The matilda effect in science communication: An experiment on gender bias in publication quality perceptions and collaboration interest. Science Communication. 35(5) 603-625. doi: 10.1177/1075547012472684 Jackson‚ S. M.‚ Hillard‚ A. L.‚ & Schneider
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