Gender Pay Gap (United States)
Women are paid less than Men based on gender
There is no Gender Pay Gap:
There is a Gender Pay Gap:
I believe women are being discriminated by their gender due to the fact they are getting paid less. Here is a quote supporting the statement.
“THE STATE OF THE GENDER PAY GAP
IN 2019, WOMEN EARN 79 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR EARNED BY MEN.”
Women are not being discriminated based on gender. Women work less hours than Men. The studies supporting the gender pay gap do not count the time worked, job type, and worker seniority. When people take time off from work they are less likely to make the same amount of money as someone who does not take off work. Here is a quote supporting the counter statement.
“THE STATE OF THE GENDER PAY GAP
IN 2019, WOMEN EARN 79 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR EARNED BY MEN.
This figure is representative of the uncontrolled — or “raw” gender pay gap, which looks at the median salary for all men and women regardless of job type or worker seniority.”
Agreed. This is due to the “Motherhood Penalty”. This accounts for the majority of the pay gap. Here is a supporting study showing the difference in pay from a women who has a child and a women who does not.
“Motherhood Penalty”
So this is not a “pay gap” discriminating against gender but discriminating against caregivers.
“Women who are not caregivers earn 96% of every dollar a man does”
There is still a 4% difference in pay gap between non-caregiving women vs men. Although caregiving addresses a lot of the pay gap, the difference of 4% is still gender discrimination.
The following quote shows that women are actually paid more then men in major of big cities:
“In 147 out of 150 of the biggest cities in the United States the median full-time salaries of young women are 8% higher than those of the guys in their peer group...”
Couple of video supporting both sides for your viewing pleasure: