Gender Wage Gap

Have you ever heard of such a thing where men make more money than women over their lifetime? This is not an opinion it is a proven fact. People may believe this is true due to women picking lower paid jobs, part time jobs, or they have more care-giving responsibilities, none of these are the case. In the United States, the average female’s unadjusted salary has been cited as 78 percent of those of the average male (Wikipedia). Many people believe that men can do any job better than women can whether it is cooking, hard labor, or any kind of job from hair salon to a dentist. If one man and one woman go out for the same job a man is more likely to get the job.  Even when men and women are working side-by-side performing similar tasks, however the pay gap does not fully disappear. (Counsel of economic advisers issue brief 2015).

            Men believe that women should stay home all day, cook, clean, and take care of the children. One fact is that 70.8 percent of mothers are in the labor force which means they have a paying job or are looking for one. I disagree that women should stay home all day, because if they are a single mother than in order to make money for them and their child they need to get a job whether it is a part time job or a full time. Another interesting fact is that of 2006 it is 49 percent preferable and 32 percent not preferable that women work while raising children. The third and final fact is that a poll that was done back in 2005 is that 79 percent of working mothers said they would work even if they didn’t have too (ABC news). I believe one of the many reasons behind this is because women want to prove men and all the statics wrong and show that they can stay home and hold down a job at the same time. For example my mom, Margo works from four in the morning to five at night everyday besides weekends and she still manages to clean the house, cook dinner, and take care of my sister and I. women aren’t the only ones that can stay at home and do all of this, men can too. My dad, Blain takes over cleaning the house, cooking meals, and taking care of my sister and I when my mom has to work late or is out of town.

            All in all I believe that women should be paid the same amount of money as men because it is only fair if women are doing the same job as men that they get paid the same amount as they do. Also I believe that women shouldn’t t be held to staying home all day because they too are capable of working and holding down a job just as much as men. 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_pay_gap

https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/equal_pay_issue_brief_final.pdf

http://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=ABC%20New