Marc
Martinez Kiara Jones Sal Espinoza
Laura
Metzger
English-1302-099
19
March 2015
Women in Pant Suits
Women are being paid unequally and
are being treated in an unfair manner. The government has tried to solve this
problem in numerous occasions. In 1963, the Equal Pay Act was passed. This act
was supposed to help companies evaluate their employees based on anything
except a person’s sex. Unfortunately, the rules of this act provided were
disobeyed and unsuccessful. Some of the reasons this act was unsuccessful were
because it was only made to be followed by certain people in the workforce. “Initially,
the EPA did not apply to executive employees or others who were exempt from
FLSA’s overtime provisions” (Zackin 1). The government has passed multiple laws
to prohibit sexual or gender discrimination, but none of the laws succeeded to
fulfill the government’s goal of equal rights.
So far, what the government is
trying to enforce is resulting in an unsuccessful outcome for equal gender pay.
The government is trying everything they can to prohibit this inequality. Maybe
the problem is not the government, instead the problem might be the people. But
then again maybe the problem is within our government. The Pay Check Fairness
Act, was supposed to help balance out men, women, and minorities regarding
their pay. The problem resided in our government’s senate. The senate voted on whether
or not to pass the act. The vote was unsuccessful and the act was repelled.
In 2012, H.R. 3791, was another
attempt to balance out equality. The act was going to require companies to
create a rating bracket for their employees. This bracket would show which
employees are getting paid the least, and which employees are getting paid the
most. If this act is passed it will help in providing important information on
gender equality. Many people in the government believe that this bill is
unlikely to be passed. This might be showing that there may be gender discrimination
in congress.
Women workers are pictured to be
dressed in skirts, tight shirts, and blazers. Why do women feel the need to
wear pant suits? Is it because they feel the need to give a sort of masculinity
in the workforce, in hopes to make themselves equally to their male
co-workers? It can’t possibly be purely
for the fashion or the appropriate attire for their job. Women should be able
to feel accepted for being their selves, even if that means they choose to wear
a skirt instead of pants.
