Next week, the average U.S. woman will finally have earned, by working through all of 2009 and through most of 2010, what the average U.S. man earned in 2009. This article by the National Women's Law Center seeks to raise awareness of the continuing gendered wage gap. This relates to our recent class discussions.
Nichole Beatty
ReplyDeleteThis article is very relevant to our class discussions. It is VERY unfair that women make only 77 cents to every dollar that males make. I believe the Paycheck Fairness Act needs to be passed in the senate in order for the wage gap between men and women to be decreased! Who gets to decide that men should make more money than women or that they even work harder than women at that matter. I completely support this act!
Annie Blewett
ReplyDeleteIs there a reason why women typically make less, other than the idea that men do not value their work as much? Are there other societal factors that are causing this to be so? Are women less likely to negotiate salary? Are they getting discriminated against in other facets (education?) that are preventing them from obtaining more experience? I think that this Act is definitely a step in the right direction, but I just can't help but think that there are some other issues that may need to be solved in order for this action to be entirely effective.
I happened be flipping channels earlier today and landed on C-SPAN where a senator from Connecticut was talking about the equal pay issue. She was outraged by the inequalities in pay and how no position is safe from this inequality. What bothers me is that the happenstance of being born with a penis gives you the ability to feel dominant but also be given more options than those who happened to be born with a vagina. Those traits that separate the sexes are happenstance. They aren't worked for or given directly, it's just luck. So why should men be rewarded for plain dumb luck?
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