Arguments Against Unequal Pay

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Unequal Pay is Harmful to Women Jobs and money rule nearly your entire life, so it should not be acceptable to be compensated less for the same amount of work. Women can face discrimination in the workplace in multiple ways, but being paid less than their male counterparts is an issue that still has not been resolved. The unfair payment, makes women feel inferior to men, causes more household problems, and impacts their quality of life. Women have been depicted as inferior to men throughout history, this is the one of the main reasons as to why the pay gap exists. Even after almost of century of proving that women can do just as much as men, they still have not achieved the equality they deserve. In 1848, women participated in a series of protests to fight for their right to …show more content…

“The bias of gender in the STEM field has discouraged women from taking jobs in math and science. Studies show that when asked to view two identical résumés, the only difference being the gender of the candidates, people were more likely to pick the male. The male candidate, John, was also more likely to be offered a higher salary than the female candidate, Jennifer” (Davidson). People also tend to underestimate a woman’s performance in mathematics, resulting in less qualified men going into jobs that a woman could perform better in. Gender and racial biases are constantly influencing society, and its effects are detrimental to women and people of color. When women are not in the workplace to actively participate, everyone misses out on the benefits of having more diverse opinions. A simple way to reduce the influence of gender and other biases is to remove information about race, gender, and age when making important hiring decisions for available jobs in a company. Jobs should not be biased towards a gender or race, and should only focus on how capable each person

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