Why Is Women's Pay Unfair

It is commonplace in modern times that women are not only just housewives and mothers, they have jobs outside the home and bring in their fair share of the family’s income. This was not always the case though, when women really first became part of the workforce they were seen as less valuable employees than men. This ludicrous opinion lead to women being paid less than men who were doing the same jobs and the same amount of work as themselves. Women should receive pay equal to that of their male counterparts because there is no reason why two people doing the same job and putting in the same amount of work should receive different amounts of pay simply because one of those people is a woman. Unfortunately, the gender pay gap still remains
The gender pay gap is nothing new, it has been around since women became prominent members of the workforce, paying women less than men was seen as “protecting” men’s wages from undercutting by women. In 1963 President Kennedy addressed this issue by signing the Equal Pay Act of 1963, while it was an excellent start and a noble effort it’s not enough. In addition, the gender pay gap is unethical because of the potential financial problems it could cause women and because it essentially says that society views women as below men. Furthermore, not much is being done to try to close the pay gap, women still make 78 cents for every dollar earned by men. Studies show that it will be 118 years before men and women have equal pay which is perfectly ludicrous. Some argue that the Equal Pay Act is enough to close the gap, but this obviously is not so. The act makes it extremely hard for women to prove their being discriminated against and if the act was working so well there would not be 64% gap between what men and women make. Women deserve equal pay, and it’s about time they got