The so-called gender pay gap‚ which has been debunked many times‚ is still one of the most talked about feminist topics. Feminists still believe that women earn only 77% of what a man earns. This is simply not true. There are several factors which affect men and women’s salaries‚ and hourly pay isn’t one of them. If women truly did earn 77% of what a man earns‚ then the workforce would be almost completely made up of women so that every major company can save up to 23% on wages. The substantial amount
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Generational gap refers to the differences between a younger generation and their seniors. Each generation developed in a different period‚ with different ways of living and with different ideals. Although these differences have been present throughout history‚ old generations have to be confronted at the cultural change which affects the actual society‚ particularly with the new generations X and Y. The basic purpose of this paper is to show that the development of medias and new technologies
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The Race and Gender Wealth Gap subsequent By Karuna Jaggar The economic justice movement has historically focused on income equality. To the extent that attention was given to assets‚ the assumption was that once families’ incomes are not consumed with basic needs‚ asset accrual will follow. While some gains have been made in narrowing the earnings gap‚ today wealth inequality is higher in the United States than any other industrialized country: the wealthiest one percent own one-third of the
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Review: GENDER INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION: HOW WIDE IS THE GAP? Cooray‚ A.‚ Potrafke‚ N. (2011) ‘Gender Inequality in Education: Political Institutions or Culture & Religion?’ European Journal of Political Economy Vol. 27(2)‚ 268-280. Darling‚ J.‚ Glendinning‚ A. (1996) Gender Matters in Schools. London: Cassell. Quicke‚ J. (1998) ‘Gender and Underachievement: Democratic educational Reform through Discourse Evaluation’. in Gender in the Secondary Curriculum. ed. by Clark‚ A.‚ Millard‚ E. London:
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from equal to men in the workforce. Women working full-time earn 18% less than men. On average they also earn $1million less over the course of their lives compared to male counterparts. Labour laws have had a large influence in the size of the gender pay gap (GPG). The wage-fixing principles in the 1970s‚ has granted immediate collective remedies from industry-wide‚ award application. However awards are losing prominence with the rise of neoliberalism; and women with lower bargaining power become
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equity and anti-discrimination issues between genders are addressed great importance‚ especially the earning gap. The earning difference between women and men is narrowing down‚ however‚ the ratio of the wage gained by women to that by men still triggers discussion about the cause of this gap. The ratio in 1955 was 64 percent‚ and by 2007 the gap had closed to the degree where the ratio was 78 percent. While traditional social explanation ascribed this gap mainly to discrimination from employers and
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PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND GENDER GAP IN NIGERIA COUNTRY PROFILE: Nigeria is a federation of 36 States and a Federal Capital Territory. There are three(3) types of Governments; the Federal‚ State and Local Governments. Each State is governed by an elected Governor‚ while each local government is headed by an elected Chairman who is the Chief Executive assisted by a Secretary who is the administrative head. Nigeria sit on a Land Area of :923‚768 sq. km with of 158 million (2009 estimates;
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the gender gap‚ especially of boys’ underachievement in literacy‚ and discover if there are particular strategies that schools can implement in order to raise the attainment levels of boys. As the issue of the gender gap is so wide I selected literature to review which covered a wide range of theorists and existing studies. Specifically I wanted to identify some of the suggested causes for the underachievement of boys and any already proposed
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“Gender Gap in Cyberspace” is written by Deborah Tannen‚ in 1994. She has written many books and articles on the differences in male and female communication styles. In the article “Gender Gap in Cyberspace” Tannen compares differences the way men and women approach new technologies. She contrasts her experiences with one of her colleagues named Ralph. Tannen and Ralph were both computer pioneers‚ buying their first machines in 1980. While Ralph became a computer expert‚ Tannen remained a self-described
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59 cents on average for every dollar earned by men (based on Census figures of median wages of full-time‚ year-round workers). In 2009‚ women still earn 77% of what men earn based on the median earnings of year-round‚ full-time workers. The wage gap is slightly narrower for those women that are employed in the STEM (science‚ technology‚ engineering and math) occupations‚ which ranges from 80 to 94% of what men make. (NCPE) Technology has long been considered a male-dominated business and
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