Over the years men have been seen as the head of the family. But not only have they been put on a pedestal in family matters, they have also been put on a pedestal in the work force. The gender inequality issue that we have in the U.S is not something that just began. This issue has been around for a while and as the years pass it seems to be getting worse and worse. Women have always been treated less then the men in the work force. The question I have for you is why? If both men and women are working the same amounts of time and they have equal jobs why are women underpaid? This issue is important because people have tried fighting the discrimination between men and women in the labor force by creating regulations and programs but yet the problem has failed to cease. How can a problem that's been embedded in our culture be solved?
Times are hard for people living in the U.S and yet women are underpaid. Women are earning $10,784 less than the men they are working with every year, as found by the National Partnership for Women and Families. That's a lot of money that a female can be earning per year that she isn't because of the simple fact that the job distribution between men and women is very unfair. "Work plays a significant component in shaping power and status for both women and men, " as said in a report by someone who attends University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. This comes to show that not only do we have gender inequality problems in the US but also in other countries around the world. If work shapes power and status for men and women why do men have a higher status in society than women do? Like many cases in the US and in other countries, there are single parents out there taking care of a home. If women are being underpaid how does that help the cause? Both genders should be equally treated in the work place because you never know what ones economic status is. Society just looks at this issue as differences and discrimination in gender but they aren't looking at the big picture. If our country stands for equality among all those who live in it, how do we ourselves discriminate between gender? I believe that women and men should be offered the same jobs and paid the same amount.
On the other hand people feel that the reason for the pay differences aren't based on gender bias but because of something else. Based on an article in Time U.S by Laura Fitzpatrick women are being paid less because of the type of jobs that they find themselves working in. " Women tend to cluster in lower-paying fields" meaning that women who do have a high education seem to choose occupations like teaching and nursing, while men who also have higher educations have jobs as business executives, scientists, doctors and lawyers who get paid more. The Census Bureau in 2007 found that women earned less money in all of the 20 industries and 25 occupations that they surveyed but have yet to find out why.
To wrap this all up gender bias jobs will always be around. Society has just been sexist in the work force for as long as anyone can remember. Nobody knows why but that's just the world we live in. Maybe if a law is made that can control the wages for men and women in the same work places, then equality can be accomplished. But until then we will never know how to deal with the situation.
