Persuasive Essay: Equal Work For Equal Pay

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The wage gap has been a problem for years. Currently, women only make seventy eight cents to a man’s dollar (Baxter). Not only that but the wage gap increases with age. Women earn almost ninety percent of what a male counterpart would make until the age of thirty five. Furthermore, that means over forty years a full-time working women would make four hundred and sixty thousand dollars (Women’s Earning and Income 2). The wage gap is also caused by a double standard. Men in female dominated jobs, such as nursing, still make more than women. “In 2011, the average female nurse earned 51,100, 16 percent less than the 60,700 earned by the average man in the same job” ( Cummins 7). Some may say this is because men simply demand …show more content…

Every company has the same goal to be successful so why must there be a gender barrier. Equal work deserves equal pay. In an article titled, Equal Work for Equal Pay: Not Even College Helps Women, Korva Coleman states that “studies show when men and women attend the same kind of college, pick the same major and accept the same kind of job, on average, the woman will still earn 82 cents to every dollar that a man earns” (Coleman). This study proves that there is obvious discrimination in the work force which results in the wage gap. Salary secrecy is a big part of the wage gap because people aren't able to negotiate a fair price if they do not have the information. As Joanne Sammer states, “What is going to close the gender wage gap is [salary] transparency” (Sammer pg 38). For example, Jennifer Lawrence once she was aware of what her male counterparts were making she was able to better understand what she should be paid. In 2015, cities such as Boston, California, and Phoenix stared to pass different bills to eliminate the gender pay gap. In California they pass a bill that fined companies if they did not provide equal pay for similar jobs that may have different titles, such as janitors and housekeepers. Boston and Phoenix also passed similar bills hoping to close the pay gap (Collins 5). If more states and cities took their approach we would be able to eliminate the pay gap in just a few …show more content…

Imagine a world where men and women doing the same job make the same pay. It seems so simple but it would make such a difference; equal work deserves equal pay. We should follow the examples Boston, California, and Phoenix and also pass bills. The realization that man and woman can produce the same results, have the same education, and have the same capacity to accomplish the same overall tasks as men is becoming more popular, especially as the prevalent thought of women as not as valuable as men is constantly being proven to be

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