Should Women Should Equal Pay For Equal Work?

In the 1930’s women earned twenty-five percent less than men. Until the Equal Pay Act abolished the wage imparity based on gender. Despite the fact that this law passed, women continue to earn less than men. Women make less than men in almost every job, based solely on their gender. Women in the workforce should be paid for their work ethic because the gender does not define the competency of a woman. First of all, women who work full time continue to earn 21 percent less of what men earn. The gender wage gap extends further when considering African-American women make 60 cents less and Hispanic women make 55 cents less compared to the average man (Arquette). The American Association of University Women found “college-educated women begin their careers earning 5 percent less than their male peers - even when they were hired for the same jobs and had the same marital status and family makeup in terms of the parenting of children” (Cooper). Women have made progress in recent years by taking over male-dominated positions. They have

Men are likely to work in dirty and dangerous environments. Making it reasonable that these risks present higher salaries. CAP states that “opponents to equal pay for equal work are using these statistics to confuse the issue. Arguably, people working longer hours or in dangerous or unsavory conditions should be compensated more than those working less and in safer conditions, but the Paycheck Fairness Act is about EQUAL pay for EQUAL work. Differences in hours logged or working conditions have nothing to do with the basic premise of equal pay for equal work (Cooper)”. Men tend to go after dangerous vocations. Dangerous occupations aim to pay higher salaries to attract workers. Many argue that males make more than women because women work in jobs that pay