why are some women paid less money than men?

Answer 1

I'm actually paid more than the other person who does the exactly same thing as I do, is a male, and older than me. I have worked longer hours than he has, when I didn't have to. I have made my boss look good in front of his boss by doing extra work for him. And I have pulled in more customers at conferences and events. As a result, I felt more comfortable making visits to his office every six months, letting him know I need to be compensated for my efforts. The other guy waits for the boss to give him a raise...which is usually 4% once a year. Our job title is the same, but we are compensated entirely differently. Not to mention I have aggresively asked for other benefits such as working from home, getting my cell phone and Internet paid for etc. I have encouraged the other guy to be a bit more aggressive and ask for more, but he never does. Gender has had no meaning in my case.

Answer 2

Most of the women being paid less business is false. There is some discrimination. However labor laws in most places forbid it.

1. If a company could pay women less for the same work as men, why would they hire men? They wouldn't. Men would have a more difficult time finding work.

2. The average salary issue is flawed. You'll hear things like women earn 71 cents for each dollar a man earns. What they've done is taken the average salary for all women over their entire working history and compared it to men the same way. There are more male big executives with the high salaries than women, and women spend less time working, stay at home moms and time off for maternity and such, working only part time when needed to help with the bills...seniority with a company becomes an issue.
The AVERAGE pay for women will be less than men.

3. Men tend to be a little more aggressive in seeking pay raises and promotions.

Answer 3

Discrimination is there, but becoming statistically insignificant portion of the pay gap. Business is business, and companies would be foolish if they did not get the best candidate of any gender or race. Much of it boils down to what women are employed doing, what they want to do, and how dedicated to being financially successful they are. Back when work was a "man's world", the same rules for success applied as they do now, women were just completely excluded from the process. There was no guarantees of financial success unless you singularly dedicated yourself to that cause. I have a number of female friends who take a traditionally male view on their careers, and they are all wildly successful. Blue and white collar alike. All more successful than I. It is all about what you are willing to do to succeed. See the video below, it's telling. And the guy is formerly involved with the N.O.W. An anti-bias if there ever was one.

Answer 4

people here are making a classic mistake men make more money than women because they work more not because they are paid more the only time this is different is in the private sector where pay is based on how much money you make for the company players in football teams dont get paid the same and they still do excatly the same job

Answer 5

They are not.
This is just another of the feminist lies (I know, redundant).

IF a woman is paid less than a man in the same job, doing the same work, it is solely because of her inexperience, inability to do the job at hand, lack of education, taking excessive time off work, etc.

Women who do what men do are paid as well or better. There are state and federal agencies insuring this is true and will also work to punish any who deviate from the law, which states that similarly situated people are paid the same irrespective of their sex, age, color, religion, etc.

Anyone who says differently needs to post examples and these need to be the same jobs men do and are paid better for doing, including hours worked per week.

Anyone claiming this needs to notify the EEOC who will gladly investigate and punish violators.

That being the case, any woman in the US who is equally qualified, experienced, educated and devoted to their job that is being unfairly discriminated against only has to file a claim.
That's it.

Answer 6

Why are some men paid less money than women? Depends on what you bring to the job, how sharp your negotiating skills are etc.

Answer 7

ANSWER: Its because women have children, and tend to look after them and quit their job. On the other hand men can't have children so they will keep there job and not quit, this is around 75% of men who keep there job all there life, meaning that men get more money than women- even if they do the same amount of wrk.

Plus, its the men who give out the wages!

Answer 8

I actually agree with the first person but of course their are things where women get paid more like in childcare and schooling- even though their are PLENTY of women who are good at, for example, building there is an overwelming amount of men compared to women. But actually i'm not sure y...

Answer 9

Women are less aggressive about chasing pay rises. But there's a lot of bigotry about. See some of the previous answers.

Also, women do get paid less for doing the same job, on average for the same labour we'll make 18% less.

This link has a lot of useful info on it.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200605160002

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1488437.stm

Answer 10

I *was* paid less than my male co-worker in the same position even though he had less experience, didn't have a college degree and was written up twice for not showing up to work and arguing with managers.

I quit and was offered a different position at the same company, but in a different department and now I make more than him. He's doing the same old $#it as he was 3 years ago.

I really don't know why he got more than me, but I do think that companies will try to lowball you if they think they can get away with it. No way I'm letting that happen again.