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Most families are not financially able to enjoy the luxury of a stay-at- home mom. It’s too difficult for most of us to make ends meet without a second income. However, when Mom goes to work, she found, most often that the mother who works the same work and have equal powers, is paid less than men. It is a source of great frustration and legitimate.
Working mothers are already penalized, as it has much less time to raise her children. The insult to injury is manifested in her pay cheque. She may be seated next to Joe, to do the same work but Joe’s salary is sometimes much larger, although they both work 40 hours. Does not seem right, doesn’t it? Let’s look at why this situation is common and what the mother can do to achieve equal pay for equal work.
The genesis of wage inequality began more than fifty years. During the Second World War, with most men of working age immediately to war, the family structure turned on its head. It has become necessary for women to do their part to support the war effort, to work in factories to make the necessary supplies . Because there was not enough men to fill jobs, the traditional stay at home mom has become a working mother, mainly due to a rally for patriotism. When the war ended, most women have been relieved not to be a job and return to the family home tends fires.
This period of working mothers in time of war was to break the traditional mode of men and the family. By the mid-1950s, it became common for women to take part-time jobs to supplement family income. These jobs tend to be small and the women did not expect to be paid a salary man. These part-time and short-term jobs do not pay enough to support the family and are not intended to be. More complex professions are generally reserved for men. The men wanted to be the family, while women do not have. It was the socially acceptable in the day.
During the 1960s, it became more common for women to go to college and have career development which are already filled only by men. The unspoken agreement was that women were hired for the men of employment at a lower wage rate. After all, a woman was taking a job away from the traditional family. It would be unthinkable to give equal pay and women have to accept that if they wanted to work.
Over time, these young married women and college graduates had families. In the 1970s, economic conditions and increasing family debt a woman in the great work, as working mothers. The concept of man as the family was still in force. Employers, perhaps almost unconsciously, women considered to have a job away from humans. The only justification for the hiring of working mothers, is that society does not need to pay equal wages.
Although many women are still on a slow burn on the matter, old ideas die slowly. Today we speak of the “glass ceiling”. Equal pay is still a problem. Few women have managed to overcome and that the ceiling, and enjoy equal pay.
So what prevents them from receiving most women equal pay? According to a consultant in business women, the main reason is that women indicate an amount less than the desired rate of pay when applying for the same work that job!
Working mothers often feel that the only way in a profession is a lower rate of pay. Some believe it is necessary to make this trade-off, because they need a job. Others think they should be “Mannish” in their behavior to get equal pay.
So what’s the solution? Know that your skills are just as valuable as the man with the same powers. Women can be just as professional in doing their job as a man. Being a woman can be an asset in certain professions, where a woman’s style and professionalism may be better suited to the profession of a man. Go online and find out what is the market rate for your skills. When you interview, or are under way for a pay rise, calling for wage rates. Today, the mother who is working to improve the needs of business of self-esteem!