Why Do Women Still Earn Less Than Men? By Laura Fitzpatrick Last year’s tax returns may already be signed‚ sealed and delivered‚ but April 20 is the day the average American woman will finally finish earning her 2009 salary — at least‚ the one she would have received if she were a man. That’s because U.S. women still earned only 77 cents on the male dollar in 2008‚ according to the latest census statistics. (That number drops to 68% for African-American women and 58% for Latinas.) To highlight
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1. The quotes from George Eliot’s novel argues that women can be talented and contradicts from Broca’s argument which is “Women‚ like it or not‚ had smaller brains than men and‚ therefore‚ could not equal them in intelligence” (519). In paragraph 5‚ Gould refers to Eliot because Gould’s article is focused on Eliot’s article and conflicts with Broca’s statistics that “prove” women’s smaller brains made them inferior to men. 2. The vulnerability in Braca’s argument is that although his numbers are
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Are formerly abused children more likely to commit violent crimes? Definition at a minimum: Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death‚ serious physical or emotional harm‚ sexual abuse or exploitation; or an act or failure to act‚ which presents an imminent risk of serious harm. Child abuse is one of the Nation’s most serious concerns. The Children’s Bureau in the Administration on Children‚ Youth and families within Vietnam‚ addresses this important
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Is it fair professional male athletes get paid more than the women? Most female athletes don’t feel appreciated as much as the males do. According to Thomasson‚ females in America continue to be viewed as the “weaker sex”‚ and inevitably this mentality continues to impact women in American society (para 1.). Most of us females believe that in order for them to feel equal as the male athletes they’d have to do everything a male has to do and they shouldn’t feel as if there aren’t perfect for the way
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Men cry less frequently and deeply than women‚ women tend to cry mostly over anger. In this article‚ there was a research done on British adolescents showing crying from sadness and anger moderated by gender. It was reported that both genders were more likely to cry from sadness than anger. In the report it showed boys cry less than girl from both emotions. In girls anger intensity was a significant predictor but in boys depression was stronger than it was in girls. Due to the less crying of men
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"Why Women Are Paid Less than Men"‚ Thurow A professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management for more than forty years‚ consultant for government and private corporations as well as author of various books that address economic and public policy issues‚ Lester C. Thurow published his article “Why Women Are Paid Less Than Men” in the New York Times on March 8‚ 1981. In this article‚ Thurow presents an explanation for the historical disparity between men and women’s wages. Based upon the statistics
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People commit crime because of selfish reason. Do you agree? "Help! Help! Someone help me!". You must ever run into this situation before or you might watch this situation right in front of you. Someone commit a crime and the victim asked for help. Crime is an act harmful not only to some individual but also to the community or the state. The acts like murder‚ rape and theft are illegal acts for which someone can be punished by the government. All of all‚ I totally disagree that people commit crime
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In the news recently there are more incidents of filicide‚ the criminal acts that are committed by parents against their child. According to the FBI statistics about five infants under the age of 1 are killed each week in the United States. There is no particular geographical location for this type of crimes; however it is less likely to occur in wealthier families. It does not matter if it is summer‚ spring‚ winter or fall‚ weekend or weekday‚ but the crime usually occurs in the evenings. Researcher
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Sometimes‚ women will definitely have no idea of what goes on in the head of their men. If you are worried about that‚ then here is a compilation of how men think in relationships. Quite often‚ men have been termed as complicated creatures. It is hard to understand either why some say women are multifarious and difficult. Well‚ it is not so clear who between men and women is complicated than the other. To focus on men‚ you will realize one minute they love with passion‚ and next‚ they act as if
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today‚ suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death from ages 10-24‚ and 5th from ages 45-59. For every woman who commits suicide‚ there are four men that commits it‚ but women are 3 times more likely to commit suicide than men are. Being bullied is a reason why a lot of people commit suicide‚ people feel like that the pain being inflicted on them will never stop‚ and no one could possibly do anything to stop that so they feel the need to harm themselves(cutting) and even committing suicide. Some people
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