Right now, in the workplace, women are being discriminated against for their gender. There are many issues like wage gap, ability to get promotions, interview questions, starting salaries, and the ability to even get the job. Even with proper job qualifications, women still continue to struggle in the workplace.

The first issue is the wage gap. The wage gap is the significant difference in pay women and men make for doing the same job with the same qualifications. The current wage gap is that women only make seventy-seven percent of what men make, or seventy-seven cents to the dollar. “That”s not fair!” says Emma Fiess. “We should be getting equal treatment.” There is actually a legal act that was put into place called the equal pay act of 1963. It helped take the wage gap from sixty-two percent to seventy-seven percent. This means it helped close the wage gap by fifteen percent. However, there is still a significant difference between what men and women make.

Another important issue is the ability to get a job or receive a promotion. In a recent study performed by Corrine Moss-Racusin, scientists that run a laboratory were given job applications. Every application was identical except for one thing: Their name and gender. Half of the scientists were given applications with a male’s name and the other half of were given applications with a female name. In the end, men scored significantly higher in projected competence, hire ability, and their willingness to mentor them. Even though all of the information was identical. another interesting result of this was how much they were willing to give as a starting salary. they were willing to give men a starting salary of $30,238.10 and only give women a tarting salary of $26,507.94. Even with the identical information.

Another thing women struggle with in the workplace is the interview questions. one very interesting example of this is the interview questions they are asked if they have, or plan on having children. These types of questions lead into another important topic where statistics show that women who have children are less likely to be hired than women who don’t have children and men.

Another interesting topic is women are more likely to be judged based on their appearance than men. Some women struggle to be taken seriously in the workplace because they are “too pretty” or “too young.” Some women also struggle with being told they can not do particular jobs, such as salesperson, because they are not “pretty enough.” It’s ridiculous that we still are being treated unfairly because of our looks.” says Kaia Recker.

In conclusion, women are discriminated in the workplace for many ridiculous and absurd reasons and it is not right. Hopefully one day, no one will be discriminated against for anything. Everybody needs to work together to solve this issue.