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Dessa Cooper
June 01, 2022
ENGL102
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Dessa Cooper
English 102
David McCarthy
Final Essay
6/01/2022

Dessa Cooper
June 01, 2022
ENGL102
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How the Gender Wage Gap Affects Everyone
Imagine being payed less simply due to your gender. This is a constant reality within
America today. This has became “normal” within our society, and this calls for a change. Woman
in professional sports are paid substantially less money than men in professional sports. Imagine
growing up as a young girl, looking at your hero, and knowing that society doesn’t see them at
the same worth as a man doing the same job. The gender wage gap within the U.S. affects
everyone. This calls for a change, and it starts with you. Without steps to change this within our
society is extremely likely to have greater effects on our country’s future. Let the future change
because of something you did.
The gender wage gap is seen everywhere within our society. This doesn’t just affect
woman, it effects the entire country. Whether you are male or female, an athlete, doctor, or
teacher. It affects the entire society. According to Blau and Kahn, social influences play a large
role within the change regarding fixing the gender wage gap. Emphasize is extremely important
when regarding how gender differences is creating a toll on wage distribution. This is more than
a cognitive, non-cognitive, living cost, and quantitative importance (26-28). It’s important to
understand that the wage gap is affecting everyones wage distribution, not just woman. It allows
there to be a huge fluctuation within the system and working class that creates a disadvantage to
everyone. This also affects our middle, low, and high class within society. Paying a woman less
than a man for doing the same job is biased. If you are expecting the same amount of work to be
completed at the same quality, then gender should not be a cause for concern.

Dessa Cooper
June 01, 2022
ENGL102
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To set a high example of the gender wage gap, take a look at professional sports. Our pro-
athletes are held on a higher podium than the rest of our society. So why is it that the gender
wage gap is seen even here? According to Cepeda, one way to see the drastic difference in wages
is by looking at the inferiority of the prizes received at the Rome 2018 tennis tournament. The
prize fund that a women could obtain was around 500 million dollars in ten years. However,
when looking at what a man could obtain through the prize fund you would see that they were to
expect to receive more than $1,200 million dollars. More specifically, at the tournament of Rome
2018, the prize money for the women's champion was 42% less than the male champion's prize
fund. This is just the beginning of the many examples found within the U.S. professional sports
industry. Professional sports is a great start to changing the gender wage gap within our society.