Although the wage gap is a pressing and current issue in Vancouver, in Washington, in the United States, and across the globe, some people still deny it. Why is that? Some claim that women are paid less because they choose lower-paid jobs. This is a blame tactic to divert the conversation and the truth.
The issue at hand is women being paid less for the same occupation as men, not the difference in the pay amount between different career fields that women tend to dominate and career fields that men tend to dominate.
People fail to notice that gender gap isn’t a black-and-white issue, where women are paid less for the same occupation. The pay gap is even worse for women of color. According to the AAUW, “The gender pay gap persists across educational levels and is worse for African-American and Hispanic women, even among college graduates.”
Many individuals do not see this as a pressing issue because it either doesn’t affect them or they accepted it as their reality. In reality, the gender gap affects the standard of living and we have the power to change that.
