Wage Differentiation Between Sexes.

In the 21st Century the number of women enrolling in higher education institutions is surpassing the numbers of men enrolled. The graduation rates of women from high school and higher education are most often higher than for men. The number of women graduates from most professional occupations, including higher paying medicine, law and business, will exceed the number of men graduates in the near future. In numerous occupational areas with a majority of women graduates, salaries already surpass salaries in occupational areas with a majority of men graduates. The idea that the majority of women are working the same types of jobs, and same amount of hours but still being paid much less than men is causing much concern.

In recent history the gender gap is slowly decreasing. Young women are shrinking the education gay and earning degrees such as a master's degree and bachelor's degree. In fact, women are earning more bachelor and master's degrees than men. In addition, women are also finding careers in law, business and medical schools. Women are starting to over come the limits of gender in the labor market. They are no longer settling for nurses, secretaries or salesclerks. Women are overcoming the great gender gap.

Over the years studies have taken place in order to try and resolve this problem concerning the gender gap. According to the tables on pages thirty nine through forty the studies that presented show that women earn seventy seven percent of what men make during an average of fifteen years, but the studies which show the true incomes pay between the two different sexes shows us that the gap is much greater. Women are actually only making sixty two percent of what men are earning. The figure is summed up when the men's average earnings were at $49,068 and women's were far below the men's income at $ 29,507 for the fifteen year average. While the study showed that women had a tendency to work few hours, the men's pay was remarkably higher. The concept that the women's pay was as low as half their male counter part raises large concern for the women that are single. Single women would be obligated to live only off of only one salary that is half the salary of a mans. This is one of many concerns over gender discrimination. Women are only getting paid just over half of what men are being paid for the same amount of work.

On main cause the women have not yet been able to shrink the gender wage gap is the fact that women are more likely to be long term low wage earners as opposed to men who are more likely to move up in the pay scale faster and increase the gap even more between women and men. The men's salary is increasing faster because of the wage pay of the starting salary. The average male earns up to seventeen percent more in the begging pay then women. More reasons causing the gap between the genders to remain distant is the ratio of men to women who earn over $50,000. Forty two percent of men a year earn well over $50,000. Women on the other hand have a pathetic nine percent of all females that earn over $50,000 a year. This huge difference

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