Pros And Cons Of Gender Inequality

It is certain that gender inequality exists today, and while there are ideas as to the cause, there is no reason why this gap should continue to go on. The government should take steps to close the gender gap in the workforce. Usually it is indeed females that receive the most inequality but there are cases where men are treated unequally. A woman’s right to equality guarantees that she will be treated fairly in the workplace and that she is respected as having equal value and worth as her male peers. The wage gap has been around since women started working outside the home, and even as more careers become open to women.

Typically in the US, women are paid seventy-seven cents to a man’s dollar for the same job. Everyone should be treated equally in every aspect of life, especially for compensation of the same work and the same production. Being fairly compensated for the

Many of those studies use average earnings of men and women uncorrected for differences in the occupational distribution of the sexes” (D. Robinson).

A woman puts in the same amount of hours in a day to work equivalent to a man doing the same job. Women deserve equal pay for equal work. Why work so hard, only to get paid far less than you deserve? It is unethical to work just as hard, yet and get paid $.77-.90 less than a man. Equal Pay Act states that everyone should and must get paid equal for the amount of labor provided. Women work hard just as men do, often harder, and also take on other roles in their