Rebecca+N’s+2015+OpEd+Article

=Wage Gaps=

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In this day and age I've always liked to think that women get just about the same equality as men, but yet women all around the world are still mistreated and looked down upon even here in the United States. I wasn't completely ignorant to the fact that women in the U. S aren't paid as much men, but I was shocked to find out how large the male-female pay gap was. Why are men still seen as the superior gender? This country was built on the ideals that equality is everyone's natural right so why is this even an issue? Luckily I'm not the only one wanting this to change according to Pew Research Center "72% of women and 61% of men said this country needs to continue making changes to give men and women equality in the workplace". It angered me when I found out that women have to work extra days just to earn what men earned the year before. So where's the justice in that, who's running this country, oh yeah more men than women. But there is still hope because President Obama himself said women "still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns". Even the annual "Equal Pay Day" was created to raise awareness on the gender wage gap. But that isn't enough awareness to an issue this serious. If this issue could be resolved, it could mean the difference for people and their families struggling to get by. What else do women have to prove for equality?