But the reasons why women work fewer hours and lower-paying jobs often lead back to unequal caregiving responsibilities and gendered socialization that funnels women into certain career paths.
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Kevin Miller, senior researcher with the American Association of University Women, noted that women’s earnings are more affected than those of men because they are more willing to take out time from work.
On Tuesday, Equal Pay Day marked the number of additional days the average American woman would have to work to earn the same amount her male counterpart made in 2015. In the nation’s capital, Washington D.C., the pay gap is a mere 10 cents. But Alabama is not the only state with a wage gap. If they do negotiate, they face far more negative backlash than men, and a recent study found that women often make the right choice by holding back from a negotiation. Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) joined a bipartisan group of 110 Members of the House of Representatives writing to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to support the members of the U.S. Women’s National Team in their filing of a federal complaint.
As millions across the country noted Equal Pay Day this week, women in New Mexico found very little to celebrate. Microsoft said in recent blog post that its female employees earn 99.8 cents for every $1 earned by a man with the same job title.
Women in various professional fields have been speaking out about the pay gap.
“Women face many challenges in balancing work and family life, and no woman should face gender-based pay discrimination in the workplace”, Ayotte said. “But we can if we summon the political will”, she said. Did the Equal Pay Act of 1963 make a difference?
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The two tech juggernauts, leading an industry criticized for favoring men in particular, white males give this announcement just ahead of Equal Pay Day. In the future, it will be known as the new Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, named in honor of Alice Paul, a feminist who founded the National Woman’s Party, and Alva Belmont, a former president of the organization.
