Friday, April 5, 2013

Women vs Men Pay Scales Rebuttal


“There is a general perception that men possess more of certain attributes such as dominance, aggression, and endurance, while females are seen as exhibiting to a greater degree attributes such as homemaking, nurturance, and succorance.”( http://www.jstor.org) .  Men deserve to get paid more because they work harder and strive for more than women.  This is why you see more women nurses and more men in field work such as a fire fighter and police work.  Men have been known to work harder while women stayed at home helping the kids out, cleaning the house, and preparing meals.  And men having these traits from birth strive in these fields while women are not as successful.

At around the age of four boys start to become competitive while girls just sit around and watch the boys do sports or just talk. “The University of Innsbruck researchers said the finding that males are happy to take on challenges from an early age could provide one reason why men consistently earn more than women in the workplace.”( http://www.dailymail.co.uk)  

Other research has proved that men have been striving to do their best since childhood. "In the first, children aged between three and eight took part in a 30 meter sprint after being given the choice to run alone or in competition with others.In the second, older children, aged nine to 18, were given the choice of doing a simple math tests either individually or as part of a contest.” ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk)


Men being more competitive at everything they do in life means that they will try to do the best they can at work to try and impress others and make them feel as if they are the best while females play more of a passive role in the workplace.  Not only are they competitive but they also are more responsible with the money they earn.  Men don't go on shopping sprees like women do.  And half the time they buy things such as cloths that they never even wear,  I know this from experience.  And the harder you work should go against how much you get paid.  Jobs aren't looking for the “average Joe” they are looking for someone who is willing to compete to keep their job and get promotions faster.  That is why you tend to see more men in higher positions such as CEO’s and as far as the icon of America the President himself.    When you work harder, you deserve more, that is why men get the bigger paychecks. 






http://www.jstor.org/stable/258076 ( The beginning Quote)

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