Rosie The Riveter Thesis

It was during World War I and II women entered into the workforce for jobs other than administrative positions, to fill the shoes of the millions of men who had gone off to fight in the war. Administrative positions always paid less than positions traditionally held by men. The government encouraged women to work in factories, comparing their use of a blender to that of a drill. It was in 1942, where a popular image of a housewife dressed in a factory workers shirt with a bandana tied around her head, affectionately called, “Rosie the Riveter” with the tagline, “We Can Do It!” was created. “Rosie the Riveter is the female icon of World War II. She is the home-front equivalent of G.I. Joe. She represents any woman defense worker. And for many

(Brunner, Rowen)

Women were dismissed from their jobs and given positions as Domestic Engineers also known as housewives. They were told they were needed to help America in another way, by helping America grow by going back home to bear children. Men and women have different levels of education and work experience; they commonly work in different industries and different occupations. Supply and demand, unions and minimum wage, influences the pay gap between genders. This in turn influences the economy as a whole, education, experience and wage

There are many factors used to determine how much someone’s work is worth; like: education, experience, the ability to negotiate your salary, the type of job and industry chose, discrimination, and so forth. However, sexual discrimination is nearly half of the deciding factor; reports show that in 2014, women earned 79 percent of what their male counterparts earned. But that does that really mean? What other factors are responsible for how much women actually bring home and are women to blame? Since the 1970s there have been substantial improvements in closing the pay gap between men and women and women have come a long way in the workforce. However, it is still a difficult subject because there are so many factors that can also play a key role; factors like race and demographic location. The gender pay gap does not only affect the woman receiving the lower pay, gender pay discrimination effects the family, economy, and the community. Republicans in the Senate have continuously blocked a Democratic bill that would assist with strengthening equal pay laws for women. The bill called the Paycheck Fairness Act is critical legislation that addresses several gaps in the Equal Pay Act. Republicans have been under scrutiny lately for blocking the bill, therefore earlier this year on March 26, 2015, the women senators of the GOP proposed a bill of their own called, the Workplace Advancement