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Women and men are not paid equally. To go a step further, women of different races are paid even less than the average man. There are steps that have been taken so that there is equal pay, but it seems as if they are not followed. According to Business Insider, white women earn 80%, black women earn 66%, hispanic women earn 58%, and asian women earn 97% of what white men do. These numbers show that women make less than men.

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No I do not think that men and women are paid equally. There is still a lot of stigma towards women in the workplace even though we have made a very big step in the right direction. I face this every day while working in a manufacturing plant and was even told that a woman is not meant to be in that type of environment. This came from a women in her late 60's. I believe that as we are progressing there is still a generation that is stuck in their own ways. These individuals are usually higher-ups in companies as well because of their age. This mindset still holds a lot of women back in the workplace and in turn causes our pay to also be held back.

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No, men and women are not earning equally dollar for dollar in the present. Men are thought to be more emotionally stable than women which could affect their decision making. Men has also always been the breadwinner of the family, causing them the need to make more money. Women has not always been in the working community. However, now that this has changed as there are many working women, the state of mind of companies and organizations leadership has not. Presently, the most highly ranking and profitable companies are run by men.

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This topic is certainly a highly charged one with many complicating factors and a wide array of ways to compare statistics. That said, I believe that in today's world, in the United States, men and women statistically earn equal pay for an equal job position with equal experience. While there are certainly variations from industry to industry, the differences offset in the bigger picture. one clear indicator of equal pay is that if, as is often thrown about, women were paid 70% to 80% of what a man was for the same job, companies would hire women at a vastly higher rate than men. This does not happen. This 70-80 cents on the dollar figure is incredibly misleading as it is solely based on median income with no consideration given for the intentional choices that women often make to work part time to care for their families or take time of to be a stay at home parent. when all of these choices are factored in, the "Wage Gap" vanishes.

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As far as equal pay goes, it really honestly depends on the job. As an overall, no. Women are paid less, but what people may not understand is because generally they have lesser jobs. Not saying anything isn't important, but a manual labor job of course will pay more than something that isn't, and woman's bodies aren't really genetically set up for long hours of manual labor. Again, it all depends on the job. When it comes down to it, finding a job that has a solid pay plan, generally jobs that don't require a college degree, everyone is paid the same. Every place I've ever worked was you get paid the effort you put in. The issue i feel is through the college degrees. I notice it seems like more jobs that are in the "professional" industry pay women lower because they may see them as lower. I see alot of people have disagreed with this, but that is how I see it.

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No, there is not equal pay for men and women. I believe that part of the reason is that women tend to take more time off for child birth, sickness of family, etc whereas men only take a little bit of time off. Another reason is that even today our society still believes that the man is supposed to "bring home the bacon." Now more than ever there are more single moms who are doing it on their own and still do not get paid the same as the man. Although in today's world the wages of men and women in most industries are a lot closer than they were a few years ago they still are way different. Equal pay will hopefully eventually happen I am not sure I will ever see it.

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Sadly, men and women do not make equal pay at the present time. I believe we are still in a society that believes men are the head of the household and need to bring home enough money to support the family. With more women taking time off to raise a family, I think a lot of big businesses still see the issue even when they return to work. When a child is sick, the woman is more likely to take the time off to care for the child and with that, that can effect the pay scale. Men are still viewed as the more reliable sex and with that, make a little bit more. I am not sure if we will ever see the time when men and women earn equally, however, we are closer today than we were years ago.

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No, I do not believe dollar for dollar men and women are making the same wages. I know this to be untrue because I have actually seen it first hand. Even today there is a believe that men are the "bread winners" or "heads of household" even though this is not the case for everyone. I still believe that has a lot to do with the wage gap. Women are still seen as less capable than men. I believe women have the most difficulties with work and family friction. Women are expected to "work as if they do not have children and raise children as if they do not work".

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No. Over all most definitely not, but when it comes to equal education and experience it is closer but still not equal. Women are more likely to raise and care for children instead of going to work than men are. I think it has to do with growing a person inside of you that makes you attached to them emotionally. Making women more likely to take some time off working to raise a child. There are still typical nuclear families out there where dad goes to work and mom stays home or works a part time job. It can go the other way too, but this way is more common.
Anyway equal rights of both men, women, African Americans, etc. has not been around for a relatively long period of time. The gap is being narrowed, but it will take more time for true equality.

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Jamie Bruce
BUS 112: Activity 3.2
I do not believe women earn dollar for dollar to men regardless the type of job.  According to the US Bureau of Labor 2019 Statistics, women earn just 79 cents for every dollar men make.  I feel that men may be more educated in negotiating a starting pay rate at the very beginning, were women may not.  I feel that with women taking more leaving because of motherhood, maternity leave, caring for sick children, etc. can also hinder the advancement in raises along with advancement opportunities within the company.  Even though the Equal Pay Act is aimed at abolishing wage discrepancy, I feel it still excist in many companies.