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I've never really understood this. If a man and woman are doing the same exact job, why does he get payed more? Ugh. It's frustrating. Her quote at the beginning of the article really sums things up; why does it matter if it's a man or woman doing a job? If they're working hard, accomplishing things, how does a person's sex make a difference?
I decided to do some research on the matter, to see if the article matched up with other information. Click here to see it.
Apparently there are three major reasons why there are gender gaps in income, such as hours worked, occupational choice, and maternity leave. Looking at the first two, I guess they make sense, but Maternity leave? The article describing the downside of maternity leave explains my frustration, claiming that it is a major reason women are discriminated against for jobs, such as a CEO for a company, because she may become pregnant. I understand that it costs any company money and time, but really? It's ridiculous to think that a fully qualified woman wouldn't get a great, high-paying job because she may want to have kids.
Here is a graph explaining 2005 Census Statistics that show males 25 and older had higher yearly income than females 25 and older among all races.
I thought this was really intresting, i have always known that some women make less then men in the work force but to see stats proving shows there is still discrimanation out there against women. I see my blog similar to this but about how almost half the work force being made up of women and to see they are getting paid fairly is wrong. I just dont understand if a women is doing the same job as a man shouldnt they be making the same amount? They cant say its because of a possible maternity leave that a women wont get a job or make less but the truth is that is some of the reason. But common now how are these men born? Thru a women. we should not have diffculty finding a job but the truth is some women do becuase of the fact we carry babies which is flat out wrong. I agree with what you said and it is fustrating seeing that we will go out in the real world after college and might not get the job we want because we might have kids or might get the job but not make the same amount of money as a man would. Thats something that needs to be changed!
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