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Cody Franklin —THE BATTALION
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Texas women make just 79 cents to every dollar earned by men.
Not worthless. Not worth less.
Why is there still a gap in wages between men and women?
Jennifer Reiley
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n average, women in the
United States will be paid
77 cents to every dollar
'WbLJS earned by a man. In Texas,
the rates are slightly higher,
with women receiving 7 9 cents to the
dollar, but this is not something to be
celebrated.
The average difference is just 23
cents. That doesn’t sound much; less
than a quarter. But let’s look at the
long term. For every $1,000 a man
makes, a woman makes $770. For
every $10,000, a woman makes $7,700
and for every $1 million a man makes,
a woman makes $770,000.
So we’ve gone from a difference of
23 cents to $230,000. That difference
makes a significant impact on what
people can buy — the man in my
math problem has the extra money to
buy a car and pay off a mortgage, but
the woman doesn’t.
The wage gap has not moved in a
decade, according to Texas A&M’s
Women’s Resource Center. As a
woman on the verge of graduating.
this is the reality I and thousands of
other women have to face. As disad
vantaged as I might be in the future,
women of color can expect even less
pay and have been statistically shown
to be worse off than white women.
But why? President Kennedy signed
the Equal Pay Act in 1963, making sex
discrimination in the workplace illegal,
which includes salary discrimination.
However, here we are 52 years later,
still having the same arguments and
concerns that have been going on for
more than half a century. Why aren’t
companies being singled out every day
for paying women workers less than
men?
Part of the problem stems from the
fact that salary is a taboo topic in the
workplace. No one goes from office
to office asking how much their co
workers get paid, and the problem is
shielded by a lack of information.
So how can we fix this part of the
problem? A good place to start is with
programs offered to help women be
more aware of their finances. A&M
offers such programs, like a Start
Smart Salary Negotiations Workshop.
The workshop teaches women how
to negotiate for fairer wages. More
programs like A&M’s workshop need
to be installed at campuses and high
schools across the country to empower
women to stand up for their right to
equal pay. Another avenue comes
in the form of anonymous audits to
measure salary differences and keep
companies accountable.
These are good places to start, but
the real problem needs more funda
mental solutions. The negative societal
outlook on women runs deep and will
only be fixed when society adopts a
different mindset.
For those that will ignore me, say
ing I’m just another woman whining,
I have to point out this is not just a
women’s issue. Nearly every mari has
a sister, spouse, daughter, friend or
some other female in their life that
they value. Do you really want to look
at them at tell them they’re worth less
as a worker in society? Because that’s
what a pay gap, in it’s most funda
mental form, means. Women are not
worthless, so we are not worth less.
Jennifer Reiley is a communication
senior and assistant managing editorfor
The Battalion.
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Frederica Shih —THE BATTALION
LGBT
LGBT reporter to share experience
working with Christian-based groups
By Wade Feielen
The GLBT Resource Center at Texas
1^ A&M will be hosting Eliel Cruz — a free
lance reporter known for his pieces on religion,
LGBT issues, media and culture — Wednesday
for a seminar titled, “Eliel Cruz: Bisexuality and
Religion.”
GLBT Resource Center Program Coor
dinator Sidney Gardner said Cruz is a young
blogger, writer and organizer who has been
working in both LGBT communities and in
communities of faith — particularly Christian-
based communities — for a while.
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