Passing the Paycheck

Passing the Paycheck Fairness Act is a proposed type of legislation that will expand on the ideas of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, this would be a success for women all around the world. Women are only paid 77 cents to a man’s dollar which unquestionably shows the unfair treatment of educated women. Women with identical degrees and equivalent training should not be paid less. If women have spent the same time in school chasing the same degree as a man, there should be equal pay. This is a big problem for single parent women or single women as a whole because of the pay difference. Our economy is not the greatest and to have such a large gap for salary between men and women is ridiculous. If a woman goes to Harvard for a law degree and a man goes to UNC for the same law degree, there should be equality unless the woman or man did drastically different in their studies with higher recommendations.
This law should be passed to give women the same chances in life as a man. If a woman is a better accountant or a better doctor who is to say she should not be compensated for her work. This is what discourages women to want to go to school and acquire higher educational degree. Women find it easier to get a lesser degree because of all the problems they run into such as the wage gap and unfair treatment that only increases with higher education. Men should be happy that women want to go out and be successful and not have all the stress put on a man to take care of the home and bills. If a woman could help her husband, that should not be looked down upon. Hopefully in the near future this legislation will be passed and women will be able to get another step towards equality.