Are Women Paid Fairly?

by Jennifer Dorman (Editor)

Overview

Why does the gender of the worker factor into financial compensation? Why are some forms of labor quantified but others, such as domestic work, not? What impact does union membership have on the wage gap? This anthology interrogates the conflicts at the heart of these questions, and others, from diverse points of view. Students gain insight into the patterns of discrimination at every level of employment. Two essays hotly debate the role of the C.E.O. in setting standards; with one essay finding that executives with daughters pay their female employees higher wages than those without. The other essay states that regardless, this will not close the gender gap.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737761542
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Series:	At Issue Series: Social Issues
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 Don't Get Mad, Get Even Ann Crittenden 10

2 There Is No Male-Female Wage Gap Carrie Lukas 15

3 Young Women Are Increasingly Paid More than Young Men Gaby Hinsliff 19

4 Men Reap the Benefits of Highly Paid Wives Petula Dvorak 24

5 The Wage Gap Is the Result of Discrimination Mashaun D. Simon 28

6 The Wage Gap Is a Result of Women's Choices Christina Hoff Sommers 31

7 Money Is Not More Important for Men than Women Soraya Chemaly 35

8 Unions Help Women's Wages Sarah Standiford 46

9 Unions Hurt Women's Opportunities Carrie Lukas 50

10 Women's Lower Wages Are Compounded by Dwindling Social Services Rosa DeLauro Heidi Hartmann 56

11 Women Executives Earn Less than Their Male Counterparts Jena McGregor 60

12 Women CEOs May Outearn Male Counterparts in Some Areas Bianna Golodryga Michael Murray 63

13 CEOs with Daughters Pay Women More Kimberly Weisul 66

14 CEOs with Daughters Will Not Solve the Gender Pay Gap C.V. Harquail 69

15 Domestic Work and Childrearing Can Be Financially Quantified Salary.com 74

16 Women Should Not Be Financially Compensated for Child-Rearing Ruth Graham 77

17 Global Financial Equality for Women Benefits Everyone Hillary Rodham Clinton 80

Organizations to Contact 84

Bibliography 89

Index 93