Gender Wage Gap Analysis

The latter half of the 20th century was the time of movements for equality which sparked the passing of several laws to ensure the equality of various minority groups. Despite the passing of these laws, many will still argue that the women of America are still being treated unfairly in the workplace. So, are women still being treated unfairly in the workplace? If so, what laws are already in place to protect women, and how are they being discriminated? But first we need to discuss some of the laws that are already in place. In 1963, the Equal Pay Act was passed and it is supposed abolish unequal pay based on gender. Then, “The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender or national origin (Discrimination in Employment).” If there are already laws in place that protect women, how …show more content…
Many will argue that women are still being paid less than men for the same job, and a lot of times they’ll use the gender wage gap as evidence. The wage gap says that for every dollar a man makes, a woman makes 77 cents (Women’s Movement). But there are people who argue that it’s not because women are being paid less by sexist bosses. It would be easy say that women are being paid less since in 2013, 57% of Bachelor degree recipients were female and 60% of Master’s degree recipients were also women (Women’s Movement). According to the Pew Research Center, about four-in-ten mothers reported to have taken significant time off or to have reduced their work hours to take care of family. About 27% report to have quit a job altogether for familial related issues (Patten). And sure women have taken more professional and managerial positions, but still for the majority, they tend to have lower paying jobs (Patten). Now, this doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s all women’s fault that the wage gap is so big. But still, it is strange how women hold lower paying jobs even though they accounted for most of the Bachelor degree and Master’s degree

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