Gender Pay Gap

Introduction
It all begins with a simple principle: equal pay for equal work. This statement has been the chant of women in the United States for more than fifty years. This is a slogan that almost every American has heard, but most do not truly understand the importance of achieving this goal.
The gender pay gap, which affects half of the United States population, is an issue that many people have assumed has since been resolved. On the contrary, although it has been narrowing these past few decades, it has not been enough to even come close to resolving this issue. This issue is one of the foremost examples of underlying discrimination in the workplace. Even though gender pay inequality is generally associated primarily with corporate America,

it affects more than just the economy, but also many other facets of life.
Workplace Environment
The workplace is said to be where the root of the gender pay gap burgeoned. Claudia D. Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University and director of the Development of the American Economy program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, acknowledges that World War 2 created a doubling of women’s participation in the workforce from 10% to 22% between 1940 and 1950. In addition, as reported by Paula England, a sociologist and professor focused on gender inequality in the labor market, the family, and sexuality, and Jessica Milli, a study director at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, in the past fifty years, women’s participation in the workforce has doubled from 37% to 75%, and now women constitute half of the workforce.