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The gender
wage gap/work policy

Lashawnda shepherd
Block 2
Due:6/6/2019
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Gender wage gap /work

policy

gender equality isn't a women’s issue , it's a human issue.It

affects us all.Women are almost half of the workforce. They are the
sole or co-breadwinner in half of American families with children.
They receive more college and graduate degrees than men. Yet, on
average, women continue to earn considerably less than
men."(iwpr.org)Gender wage gap is anything but fake ,working woman are
still paid less than working men causing the wage ap to still
exist.the gap has been measured in many ways like dividing woman wages
to men wages and in the end there is still a gap .this can and will
have an impact on the future , wages may go up for women but nmbillons
still will be continued to be lossthis gap gives woman of all wages a
disadvantage regardless of the race sex or gender.

Jobs lower wages when its made up of mostly female workers and
oes the opposite when dominated with men .this cost women billions in
lost in comparison to what they would be making if they were receiving
equal pay)The gender gap in pay has narrowed since 1980, but it has
remained stable over the past 15 years o. In 2018, women earned 85% of
what men earned, according to a Pew Research Center. Based on this
research, it would take an extra 39 days of work for women to earn
what men did in 2018
woman in 2019 are still being paid less than men only
receiving 89 cent for every dollar a man makes when working with the
uncontrolled gender wage gap and testing the length /realness of the
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gender wage gap using methods like surveys .discrimination in the

workplace resulting in women not being able to hold a high level job
of high level of pay compared to men who seems to have it easier.
(www.payscale.com)This all is centered and is even a problem simply
because of the policy there is policies to protect discrimination but
it's isn't been enforced or taken serious it also is enough laws to
make sure that a work space that shows discrimination is held
accountable .

Although the wage gap has become smaller it still isn't enough
According to the Institute for Women's policy research the gap as
narrowed but won't completely close into 2059(senate.gov April
2016).so women would still be losing billions in wages due to the
gap.as started before the constant problem will impact the future ,
effect what women can afford because as women wages may go up prices
and men wages does the same so women will not truly be equal to men
(minorities) and this is because of the work policy against
discrimination to gender , age , race , and sex.

The pay gap widens as women get older.Women aged 55–64 are paid 78
percent as much as men the same age, a gap more than double that of
women aged 20–24. Earnings for both female and male full-time workers
tend to increase with age, although they rise more slowly after age 45
and even decrease after age 55. But as workers progress in their
careers, women’s median earnings grow more slowly than
men’s.(ww.AAUW.org,by Deborah J Vagins published in 2019.) The purpose
for this is the policies put in place for gender wage gaps
it is clear that the gender wage gap is about more than just personal
choice. It is a real problem, and it is a problem that calls for
immediate and "nimble" policy solutions said Research Assistant for
Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress.(Jane Farrell
2019,www.americanprogress.org)

In conclusion as data shows minority men do receive higher wages

than minority women even though they receive most of minorities
degrees .women won't actually be where men are now into years and
years from now and will constantly be. Facing the problem of loading
billions thanks to work policies and them not being enforced enough.
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WORK CITED

Fisher, Milia. “Homepage.” Center for American Progress, 2019,

www.americanprogress.org/.

“Salary Comparison, Salary Survey, Search Wages.” PayScale, 2019,

www.payscale.com/data/gender-pay-gap.

Vagins, Deborah J. “Empowering Women Since 1881.” AAUW, 2019, www.aauw.org/.