http://www.policymic.com/articles/87879/it-s-not-the-confidence-gap-here-s-what-s-really-holding-women-back?utm_content=buffere123e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Recently in class we've been discussing the gender wage gap in the workplace. As many of you know, women only make an average of 77 cents to every dollar a man makes. While many agree this is unacceptable, not everyone recognizes the reasons behind it. Several recent articles have suggested there is a "confidence gap" between women and men. These articles claim that while women tend to undervalue their accomplishments, men overvalue them and that's precisely what makes them more successful. I found this to be somewhat ridiculous, so I looked into it and found an interesting article suggesting some more realistic solutions to the gender wage gap. Instead of reducing this inequality to lower self-esteem and confidence, the author writes about how the workplace and society itself should change its attitudes and practices to better support women. It's not the woman's fault she is paid less than a man!
- Jess Fritsche
WOS225-04
12:30 - 1:45
I feel that woman should speak up more and should not act as if it is normal. What I mean by this is when they go for a job interview and they realize that the man is getting more than she is for doing the same job that she should say something. I feel that if they start from the beginning of employment that it would cause more of an impact and it also would give woman who is always on the work place to rise up. Maybe one day the woman could start a movement, this movement would be like no other because it would be one where the woman are in the front and not in second place. This movement would be one for the history books and will one day give way to woman leaders and COE's
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