https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r en-us 2018-10-07 16:50:08 UTC 2024-07-03 11:12:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290054073 While women’s salaries have increased in recent years, pay disparities based on gender continue to plague our society.  Although avenues - such as the Equal Pay Act (EPA) - have been put in place to address the persisting pay gap, it is important to investigate the effectiveness of the EPA in closing the wage gap and to find out why a wage gap still persists in our society.  ]]> 2018-10-07 17:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290054073 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290056677 I will argue that a wage gap still exists between men and women, although some believe one does not.  I will support this argument with sources - from their research - that provide a wage gap existed about a century ago, that some believe this issue to be false, and that this issue still exists today.]]> 2018-10-07 17:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290056677 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290059721 Although the wage gap is narrowing, it will continue to exist because of the way women are viewed and treated by men, and increased education, as well as other factors such as sector - public and private.]]> 2018-10-07 17:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290059721 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290060357 According to M.J. Fisher (1951), women were paid some "25 to 50 per cent" (p. 587) less than men during World War I and that the pay disparity continued throughout World War II - although it varied between occupations  (Fisher, 1951, p. 587). ]]> 2018-10-07 17:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290060357 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290060551 The EPA, among other laws, has been effective at reducing the gender wage gap - although there was a span of about 17 years that it was not effective, but that there is still a gap, nonetheless. I will also discuss the fact that the wage gap can be seen as inconsistent due to various factors that are taken into consideration when figuring the pay gap within certain occupations versus occupations  as a whole - some sources also refute my claim.  My sources will provide data from studies, and graphs of data regarding the  wage disparity from various governmental entities.]]> 2018-10-07 17:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290060551 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290082962 As a whole, the EPA has been moderately  successful at closing the wage gap over the last 50 years; however, there are a variety of factors that affect the wage gap between men and women including how women are viewed by men and the discrimination from which they suffer. While there are solutions regarding this issue that offer a glimmer of hope, it will be quite some time before the gap narrows more so than it has over the last 20 years or completely closes at all. ]]> 2018-10-07 20:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290082962 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290096211 Elkins (2018) believes that the pay disparity issue is merely something made up by people like by those who govern the country and those who are well-known on the big and small screens (Elkins, 2018).   
According to Boccia (2018), people are incorrectly inferring there is a gender pay disparity because the studies are inadequate, and that there is not enough consistent information regarding the subject (Boccia, 2018). ]]> 2018-10-07 22:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290096211 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290096716 A graphic provided by the Tribune Content Agency/Tribune News Service]]> 2018-10-07 22:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290096716 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290099906 An article by Theresa Brady (1998), provides that the Equal Pay Act had not effectively done its job for approximately 17 years via a graph from the Women's Bureau (Brady, 1998, p. 59).   Furthermore, Brady's (1998) article provides there are various issues that narrow and widen the pay gap, and that both men and women see men as the overall controllers and leaders in the world and at work - from a study she conducted on both male and female students (Brady, 1998, p. 60).]]> 2018-10-07 23:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290099906 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290107886 According to Brian Fung (2018), "the U.S. Census Bureau has consistently shown that men out-earn women when it comes to salaries" (Fung, 2018). The article also provides information from a study regarding newly created businesses that gives evidence that this issue also affects non-traditional pay (Fung, 2018).]]> 2018-10-08 00:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290107886 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290113343 An article by Hilary Lips (2003) provides various graphs showing pay discrepancies between men and women spanning between 12 and 60 years.  Most of this information is from the U.S Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Lips, 2003). Lips' (2003) article also suggests that the gap involves numerous factors such as the higher wages for women, as well as lower wages for men (Lips, 2003, p. 97).]]> 2018-10-08 01:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290113343 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290121084 Taylor Telford (2018) wrote an article in The Washington Post about a Plano TX doctor who stated there is a pay disparity between male and female doctors because women don't put forth the extra effort like men and that their priorities are geared towards their husbands, kids, and friends - domestic and societal issues (Telford, 2018). ]]> 2018-10-08 02:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290121084 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290121607 Another article by Hilary Lips (2013) provides discrimination against women is overlooked regarding the wage gap issue and it should be recognized for the issue to get better (Lips, 2013). Furthermore, she offers that many people are not aware of the disparity of pay between men and women (Lips, 2013, p. 224).]]> 2018-10-08 02:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290121607 mia_chamberlain https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290124447 The #MeToo and Times Up movements have highlighted the correlation between sex discrimination and the wage gap. ]]> 2018-10-08 03:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mia_chamberlain/vdjk0wmdgs2r/wish/290124447