Essays on Gender pay gap

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “median weekly earnings of full-time workers were $876 in the second quarter of 2018. Women had median weekly earnings of $780, or 81.3 percent of the $959 median for men” (2018). This is as of July 17, 2018. This disparity is not of times long ago but a…

Why women are paid less? When many try to answer that question, many answers it by claiming it’s because discrimination still plays the main role within the pay gap. Meaning that women are paid less for doing the same amount of work compared to men, that’s why many fight for equal pay for equal work….

The American Constitution guarantees protection against foreign invasion and on application of the executive or legislative against domestic violence; however, within our country, it does not mention anything regarding fair treatment of all citizens in the workforce despite the current inclusion of women. Women fulfilled their duty as American citizens by filling in jobs in…

When you just finished your graduation ceremony and wave goodbye to your classmates and teachers, you are about to step into the society and start the next stage of your life. Maybe you want a friendly and hopeful work environment where people are respected and treated equally. But the reality is that this bright future…

Gender wage gap is a relatively loose concept, but it is defined as the gap between what men and women earn. Most commonly it refers to the annual pay of women who work full time compared to the pay of men. Other definitions of gender wage gap are based on hourly or weekly earnings. Being…

‘It’s 2018! Give us equal pay!’ we hear women scream hysterically. Why is man still a superior being to us weak, feeble women? Why are we judged on our gender and not our performance in the work place? Why are we still payed less than men? They continue shrieking wildly. Honestly, how ridiculous does it…

Gender pay gap is the difference in the amount of money between women and men often for the same job, expressed in percentage of the men’s earnings. Although women have come a long way, considering they could not even vote at the beginning of the twentieth century, they still are far from being equal socially…

Did you know that After almost one hundred years of women rights, women still earn 79 cents to a man’s dollar? Some people may think that the gender pay gap deserves to be there because women don’t work as much as men because they leave more often for things such as pregnancy. I believe that…

It’s been a century of different cultural and social views on women. Now, women have voting rights , education, and freedom. The only thing a woman is most likely not able to achieve is; equality. Many people in today’s society turn a blind eye towards this issue. The wage gap between women and men is…

I decided to investigate an issue of the women’s pay gap and how they are always disadvantaged in the job force. The fact is that the gender gap has developed significantly in the last three decades. In particular, women continue earning less pay than men in many developed and developing nations globally. Due to this…