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Why do men make more money than women in some jobs? Living in a global world, are there still differences in the pay scale between men and women? In the article, "Gender Differences in Pay" by F. Blau and L. Kahn, the authors discuss the differences in pay between men and women including the earnings of men and women, different occupations, and discrimination.

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Review of "Gender Differences in Pay" Why do men make more money than women in some jobs? Living in a global world, are there still differences in the pay scale between men and women? In the article, "Gender Differences in Pay" by F. Blau and L. Kahn, the authors discuss the differences in pay between men and women including the earnings of men and women, different occupations, and discrimination. The article shows that changes have been made where women are paid more in many fields than they were back in the 1970's, but men continue to be paid more than women. The wages women receive have risen since the 1970's to the present time.

Tags:women, wages, disparity, benefits

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The paper examines the article, "Gender Differences in Pay" by F. Blau and L. Kahn where the authors discuss the differences in pay between men and women, their different occupations and discrimination. The paper looks at the valid reasons offered for the wage gap but points out that the article only briefly discusses the problem of discrimination. The paper believes that more information about discrimination and women should be discussed in any article about the wage gap between men and women.

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"The wages women receive have risen since the 1970's to the present time. During the 1970's and earlier, people believed women should be paid less than men. Even the Bible states that the wages women should receive is 30 shekels of silver with men receiving 50 shekels (Kahn & Blau, 2000, p. 78). Different reasons for giving men higher wages were argued by the employers and women accepted the difference in pay. However, the wages women received began to increase during the 1980's and have continued to climb in the 1990's. Several problems exist as to why women fail to receive the same wage as men as they get older. Men receive higher wages in their 30's because women often quit their jobs due to having children and only continue to work when their children get older. Men usually stay on the job without taking any time off."

Tags:wages, discrimination, occupations, women, men

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This paper reveals that boys are served more by special education programs than girls and discusses how this may be genuinely due to their differing educational needs. The paper also discusses, however, how teachers may be responsible for giving more attention to boys than girls and this is why they find it easier to identify emotionally disturbed boys. The paper notes that researchers have not yet found differences in state policies with regards to this gender gap in special education. The paper asserts that regardless of limited research on the real reasons of the gender gap in special education, educators are required to pay equal attention to girls and boys in their classrooms.

Outline:
Introduction
Are There Gender Differences to Account for the Gender Gap in Special Education?
Are State Policies Responsible for the Gender Gap in Special Education?
Analysis of the Findings and Conclusion

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"Studies on disability have by and large emphasized on commonalities among persons with disabilities instead of addressing gender based differences. This is the reason why there is little known about the different experiences and characteristics of boys and girls with disabilities (Gender as a Factor). It is interesting to note that the problem of the gender gap in special education does not exist in the United States alone. Studies have addressed this topic in relation to the disabled populations in the United Kingdom, Norway, and Canada as well. As a matter of fact, researchers have also noted the differences between the learning needs and academic achievements of boys and girls in the regular classroom. The differences among boys and girls in the regular classroom allow us to infer that boys and girls are, indeed, different in terms of their educational needs and achievements. Hence, the gender gap in special education may exist for a genuine reason."

Tags:disabilities, attention, boys, girls, state, policies

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The paper relates that for nearly half a century, the gender pay gap has been one of the most debated and controversial subjects in society; despite decades of civil rights efforts and struggles, women today continue to make significantly less than men. The purpose of this discussion is to explain why the glass ceiling phenomenon is a social problem. To accomplish this purpose, the current study provides a review of the articles, noting similarities and differences between the information presented. Analysis is provided concerning the sociological perspective used in each article. The current study concludes with commentary concerning which perspective was most useful while also suggesting a social policy to address the problem.

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"For nearly half a century, the gender pay gap has been one of the most debated and controversial subjects in society. Despite decades of civil rights efforts and struggles, however, women today continue to make significantly less than men. That is, according to a recent Business Week report, in 2007, women working full-time made "79% as much as full-time male workers" (McGregor, 2008). The purpose of the following discussion is to explain why the glass ceiling phenomenon is a social problem. To accomplish this purpose, the current study provides a review of the articles, noting similarities and differences between the information..."

Tags:gender pay gap, symbolic interventionism, sociology of work

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This paper examines gender wage discrimination. The paper discusses the pay differences between men and women in Canada today and the struggle of women to attempt to minimize these wage differences. It then analyzes material attempts to explain and measure the extent of the gender wage gap.

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" The Gender Wage Gap in Canada: An Analysis of Implications It is an unfortunate reality that Canadian working women today are being paid an average of seventeen-percent less than Canadian men for equivalent jobs. In response to this gender wage discrimination, there have been several attempts to explain and measure the extent of the gender wage gap. In definitive terms, the male-female average wage differential can be expressed as the difference in average endowments evaluated at the male of female pay structure and the difference in returns evaluated at the male or female average endowment."

Tags:gender, wage, discrimination

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A synopsis of 'Beyond Gender' and the social issues it discusses such as: gender equality, corporate downsizing, welfare, affirmative action, pay differences, and families. It analyzes each of these issues from a male and female perspective and as opposed to a paradigm. It also studies the roles of mothers and fathers in our society and how they are depicted in several textbooks. It discusses the pressing issue of why women are paid less than men.

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"Beyond Gender by Betty Friedan covers a series of social issues that are of interest to most Americans, partly families and definitely women. Nearly 40 years ago Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique, and this is her follow-up. Among the subjects that Friedan addresses are gender equality, corporate downsizing, welfare, affirmative action, pay differences, and families. Each of these issues were discussed in relationship to a paradigm shift: "...a change in the system that defined the problems, the models, and the methods on which a whole community ... was trained" (Friedan 1997). From a male perspective, it was a grating book to read, but full of a lot of ideas that I consider "good starts." "

Tags:bette, beyond, feminine, friedan, gender, mystique, women, social, issues

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This paper examines why men and women get paid differently for the same type of job, and discusses possible solutions to gender discrimination and unequal pay.

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This paper presents a detailed examination about the minimum wage in Europe. The writer explores several aspects of how the minimum wage affects European workers. The writer also takes a look at the gender differences and pay scales in the European workforce.

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"The Equal Opportunities Commission has placed demands on European business to close the gap within eight years. It is a graduated mandate with specific goals that must be met each year until the eighth year, in which the gap is to be non-existent. In addition the commission has requested that the next five years be spent cutting the gap in half. Many gender equality experts in several different fields of industry and work agreed upon the conclusions."

Tags:job, market, unemployment, bias, Equal, Opportunities, Commission

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In conducting research, it is critical to ensure that the information obtained is reliable and accurate. Otherwise, the research completed cannot achieve a worthwhile result. To assess whether information is reliable and accurate, the source of the information needs to be considered to determine if the source is trustworthy. To illustrate how sources are assessed in practice, a simple set of questions are researched in this paper. These resources focus on the author's job as a salesperson with the aim of determining what the level of gender segregation is in the job, what the average pay is, what skills are required and what similarly skilled jobs are worth compared to this job. Firstly, the results of this research are presented. To illustrate that the results came from trustworthy sources, each of the three sources are discussed in turn. This includes detailing the source and describing why the source has been assessed as trustworthy.

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"The conclusion that relationship-building skills are essential for a sales person comes from an article titled "Relationship-oriented characteristics and individual salesperson performance." This article was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Business and International Marketing and is authored by Bruce D. Keillor, R. Stephen Parker, and Charles E. Pettijohn. The article is directed at an audience of educated sales managers and scholars, rather than to a lay person audience. The article focuses on the relationship-building skills of sales people and concludes that this skill is essential to salesperson performance. The study is a research study based on primary data with professional sales people surveyed to determine their relationship-building skills and their performance. The research used accepted survey tools to determine its results, which increases the reliability of the results."

Tags:Occupational, Employment, Statistics, CES

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Do males assign greater weight than females to physical beauty in selecting romantic partners? This has been a question in our civilization since the beginning of mankind, and just happens to be the hypothesis at hand. Most people believe that males who ?go out on the prowl? look for women who are highly attractive and do not pay any attention to their job status, personality, or intelligence. On the other hand, females are stereotyped to look for males with a good career and personality before factors such as physical traits comes into play. To determine the truth about this phenomenon, the writer of this paper designed a survey on the subject.

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"The problem researched as stated above was, do males tend to pick female partners because of their looks and nothing else? Also, do females tend to assign greater weight to job status, personality and success when choosing a partner? This is a common dilemma faced by everybody who is looking for "that special someone" in their life, or even just a one night stand. While researching an interesting article by Dugatkin and Godin, it was found that it disagreed with our hypothesis. The article states that females tend to be the "choosier sex" when it comes to selecting a mate (Dugatkin & Godin, pg. 1). This article says that females look for males with more "flashy and fearless" characteristics when choosing a mate, rather than job status and wealth. The study of mate selection has been discussed by scientists for many years. In fact, Charles Darwin was the first to propose that competition for mates plays an important role in reproductive success, a process he dubbed sexual selection (Dugatkin & Godin, pg. 1). Personally, this article made me second-guess whether or not our hypothesis would be true, but our survey would eventually determine the validity of the hypothesis at hand."

Tags:experiement, interpersonal, psychology, relations, romance, selection, sexual, social, sociology, theory