Thought that women are equally paid as men? Think again!
The gender wage gap is something that still remains up to this day. Despite all the different efforts to close the gap such as, the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, and many other legislations that prohibit employment discrimination, women are still earning less than men. Women earn on average 78 cents for every dollar that a men earn. This gender pay gap needs to be closed because unequal pay affects women’s pensions or retirement income, women need to provide for their families, and lower wages for women affect men too. The unequal pay that women experience affects their finances in the long run. Many women need to take time off because they are mothers for instance and they cannot work full time. If they already get paid low wages by working full time, cutting off working hours affects them even more. These particular situations affect these women in a long term as well. According to the National Women’s Law Center, based on the wage gap today, a women who worked full time, all year round would lose around $434,049 in a 40-year period due to this gap. This woman would
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Therefore these people think that women do not deserve to get the same pay as men since men do not need to get time off unless there are emergencies. Others also opine that the pay needs to remain the same because it is not fair for men who work in more dangerous and physically demanding jobs than other women and get the same pay. But women sometimes work in hazardous jobs that required physical strength like nursing in which women get exposed to different diseases and infections, and they also lift patients. The reality is that there are more beneficial reasons for equal pay than those that oppose