Should Men And Women Get Paid?

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Do you receive a paycheck at your job? Most females and males do, and some also work at the same job, and for the same hours. But females don’t get the same amount as men do. Yet women have to care for their families, be able to pay for their home, and even more, just like men. I mean really, as well as men, women work their hearts out. Some women push themselves and go above and beyond, and still, they don't get appreciated like men do. Which leads me to believe, that the pay amount between men and women is very sexist. But it should not be. It should be an even amount of pay for both men and women that are in the same occupation and work the same amount of hours. Females and males work for the same amount of time. Plus, they work equally as hard in that amount of time. Therefore, they should get paid equally, this is a no-brainer. But in reality, women don’t get paid the same amount as men do. They get paid less. On the behalf of women, this is not fair and not right. You can see online so many different graphs shown. …show more content…

I think it is sexist not only because men get paid larger amounts but because of the things some men say. For example construction, some men say that’s a man's job so why should you get paid the same. This here proves people are sexist due to salaries that are given between men and women. Another reason is that women are needed to work seventy more days just to catch up to a man's earnings. But women should not have to catch up. We work just as hard as men, so why should we have to get paid less than them. From this, women are not going to be able to retire as fast as men will. Which is very unfair. It really does not matter what others are convinced by. It is shown that women get less of an average than men do. But I for one truly hope that our world will eventually overcome this sexist aspect towards

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