Women are paid 77 cents to every dollar a man makes (in 2012). Women of color are paid even less. This is a sexist practice, and there is no reason women should be paid less for the same jobs.
"African-American women earn 69 cents for every dollar paid to African-American men, and Latinas earn just 58 cents on the dollar compared to Latino men.
The gender wage gap can be attributed to several factors: Women make up a majority of workers in the 10 most common jobs that pay less than $10.10 an hour, and they tend to be under-represented in high-earning fields. Bloomberg Businessweek reported in 2012 that the only occupation in which women out-earn men is personal care and service work, including butlers, valets, shoe shiners and house sitters.
But studies show women are paid less even when they are in the same job and have the same experience as their male counterparts. The 2012 report by the American Association of University Women found that after controlling for occupation, college major, hours worked, employment sector and other factors related to a person's pay, the gender wage gap shrunk but did not entirely disappear."
Women deserve to be paid the same as men, especially when they work the same jobs. This is discrimination against women, and should not be tolerated any longer.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/gender-wage-gap_n_3941180.html
