Why is it that after so many years of fighting for equality, in many places women still make less money than men? Is this really fair? Of course not! Equality means equal pay for equal work.
In 1964 Congress passed a law that stated that people couldn’t be discriminated against in the workplace because of race or GENDER! Discrimination includes women making less money than men.
It’s been 45 years and yet women are still making only about 77 cents per 1 dollar that men make. This is an extremely significant difference in the long run. Women are supposed to be considered equal to men and there are plenty of women doing jobs as well or better than the men in their field yet they go home with less money in your pocket every day. Over a lifetime this could end up losing some women up to 2 million dollars! That’s a lot of money.
In today’s world when women are single mothers, supporting themselves through college, taking care of elderly relatives or even the everyday worker, they need their deserved money! Hard working women often need to support themselves and families and need to be making the same income as men in the same profession.
If a woman is doing just as well as a man and working just as hard as a man in the same job, she should be making an equal amount of money. Equal pay for equal work.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/10/09/the_wage_gap/
