Women vs Men Pay Scales

Women vs Men Pay Scale

How would you feel if you and your best friend had the same job but he got paid significantly more for the same work?  Angry…right? Well this is how women feel around the United States.  Women getting paid for the same work as men, is unfair because they have the same job men get but are paid less for it.  In some job area’s some women are paid almost 40% less than men are! (http://www.npr.org).  Women are human beings just like men and can do the same work and sometimes even more but are given less for it.  Everybody from all from the world comes to America land of the free to seek the American dream.  For women getting that big promotion or getting the dream salary is like ghost stories.  It doesn't exist.

Women are treated as if they are inferior to men and have to listen to everything they say and sometimes even have a bigger work load.  If women are getting paid less to do the same job as men,  why should they try harder or work harder than men do?  For example Research shows that women get paid 67.2% of what men get paid for as a Teacher, and 80.2% of what men get paid is the National average(http://www.npr.org).  For those who are not good at math that’s one third of a pay difference for teachers.  That’s the equivalent of taking four months’ pay from a male teacher!  When I put it into those terms people begin to realize how much money that truly becomes. And now lets think about all of those single mothers that are raising their children.  That not only hurts the mother but also the kids living in such poor conditions. The effects trickle down and does more damage under the surface than most people think.

Being a teacher, was only one job of many where women were getting paid significantly less than men were.  The picture in the top right corner is an example of where women are paid less than men except in two fields.  There is no reason why this should not be at 100% across the board  Women have been fighting for their rights since the 1800's it is now 2013 there is no excuse for women not getting treated equally as men anymore.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/02/05/171196714/the-jobs-with-the-biggest-and-smallest-pay-gaps-between-men-and-women