History: During the 500 BC times, women were not able to own property and work. This is where the wage gap all started. Woman were only able to do housework meanwhile the males made money for the family. Woman are defined as feminine and delicate. This is what caused the inequality between men and females. During the 19th century, women were finally allowed to work outside their homes in large numbers, notably in textile mills and garment shops. In poorly ventilated, crowded rooms, though. Muller Oregon in 1908, made a law allowing women to only work less ten hours a day. Men were able to work greater hours than women. This rebooted the inequality between men and woman again. In 1963, a law was passed called the “equal pay act.” This …show more content…
A female that is 20 will make less money than if she is 50 and still doing the same work. This goes the opposite way as they start becoming older. Once you reach older than 65 years old you start making LESS money than if you were 50 years of age. Age also indicates how great of a gap there is between you and your male worker. Through the ages 16-19, a female makes 91% of what the male doing the same job makes. During the ages 35-44 woman make 81%, ages 45-54 earn 77%, and a female 65 and above makes 79% of what a male makes. There is a smaller wage gap when you are 16-19 years old dissimilar if you were 55-64. When you are between those ages you make 76% of what your male worker …show more content…
The only thing needing to also shrink in the wage difference between both race and age. In 2015, Jerry Brown passed a woman wage equality law. This law has been the most helpful since 1963. Laws going through congress have helped moderately towards the gap between men and women, the wage gap as a whole needs to be the main priority, in the end, to make the gap slimmer long term. There are other factors creating the wage gap and unfair/unequal pay, in race. Gender can't be the only factor being looked at. How age and race are affected need to additionally look