Does The Gender Pay Gap Actually Exist - 1221 Words

Does the Gender Pay Gap Actually Exist? Lecture Outline: The concept of a pay gap between female and male workers has been around for decades, this is because countless studies seek to justify why women earn less than men, and in many disciplines women are more easily subjected to discrimination in comparison to their male counterparts. This unit exposes many underlining factors that ultimately determine whether the gender pay gap truly exists in the contemporary Western hemisphere. The scholarly field that correlates to this unit is economics and gender studies. ï  ¶ Song of the day: Benny - Little Game (Official Video) ï  ¶ Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNr3x1kVVEc ï  ¶ This song does a compelling job at†¦show more content†¦People are paid based on their human capital and since many women tend to enter fields such as psychology, nursing, and humanities they are likely to be paid less. While on the other hand, men tend to enter fields like engineering, therefore they are paid a higher wage that continues to grow higher annually. ï  ¶ Secondly, marital status and childbearing have a great impact on income. A vast majority of women take time off of work to have children, which subsequently results in them losing potential earnings during those years and after. The only discrimination that can be found among employers is when it comes to marriage and children. Married men with children pose less of a threat to their job status because they have their wives to take care of the children and housework. However, women with children are seen as a liability to employers because they have larger responsibilities in the household. On average women spend 167 hours engaging in non-paying work at home, such as cleaning and taking care of the children, while men only spend 100. ï  ¶ Lastly, society routinely encourages gender roles of the sexes, for example, boys are told to take interest in sports, cars, trucks, math, science, engineering, or to become doctors and lawyers. While girls are often encouraged to find interests in nursing, teaching, humanity courses, fashion, makeup, the colour pink, and