Julie Lowell is an intern for the United for a Fair Economy, a non-profit organization that opposes the concentration of wealth and economic power in the minority groups in America. She proves in her article that women are still continuing to earn less money than men. She believes that with women earning less than men, the result has led to poorer, unhealthier, and less secure working women. The 1960's-70's was the most significant time in American history for women's rights. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has contributed to a rise in wages, and a lessening of the gap between male and female workers. However, Lowell states that, "Based on past rates of wage growth, women's wages will not reach parity with men's until at least 2051." The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) prove that white women make only 70% of what white men make. Discrimination against women still continues to exist even today.
Many people may question why this gap still continues. According to Lowell the reason for this gap is due to the difference between men and women's work skills that have been acquired. She claims, "This argument claims that men's higher levels of education, job force training, and/or work experience account for them holding higher paying jobs in comparison to women." Women are still being unrepresented in higher paying jobs. As cited by the IWRP report, in 2002, a Catalyst study found that among the highest earning, high level executives in Fortune 500 companies, only 5.2% were women. Ironically, women who care give and clean are some of the most important and most challenging in society.
Overall, the working single mothers have been impacted the most from the unequal pay of women. In 2002, 12.1% of single women were in poverty while only 8.7% men are in poverty. These women have no other choice than to continue their under-paying and unsafe jobs in order to support themselves.
Although women have made a major progress in gaining equal rights, the problems still continue today.
Julie Lowell. "Women Face Discrimination in the Workplace." At Issue: Does Equality Exist in America?. Ed. Stuart A. Kallen. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Deerfield High School. 5 Feb. 2010.
Many people may question why this gap still continues. According to Lowell the reason for this gap is due to the difference between men and women's work skills that have been acquired. She claims, "This argument claims that men's higher levels of education, job force training, and/or work experience account for them holding higher paying jobs in comparison to women." Women are still being unrepresented in higher paying jobs. As cited by the IWRP report, in 2002, a Catalyst study found that among the highest earning, high level executives in Fortune 500 companies, only 5.2% were women. Ironically, women who care give and clean are some of the most important and most challenging in society.
Overall, the working single mothers have been impacted the most from the unequal pay of women. In 2002, 12.1% of single women were in poverty while only 8.7% men are in poverty. These women have no other choice than to continue their under-paying and unsafe jobs in order to support themselves.
Although women have made a major progress in gaining equal rights, the problems still continue today.
Julie Lowell. "Women Face Discrimination in the Workplace." At Issue: Does Equality Exist in America?. Ed. Stuart A. Kallen. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Deerfield High School. 5 Feb. 2010
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