This year on April 12^th, it is Equal Pay Day. It is the day that, if you are a woman your earnings have caught up with what men were paid the previous year. Although the pay gap is getting smaller, women are still paid 21% less that what men are getting. In 1964, women were paid 59% of hat men were paid. In 2014 that number increased to 79%. If this current trend continues equal pay will not be reached until 2059. Age, race, education level, and where you live could also add time onto that. A big factor in earnings is also race, Hispanic women are paid 54% of what white men are paid. Age also factors in, women the ages 55-64 are paid 76% of what men that age make.

I think that equal pay should not even a problem. The fact that one man and one woman can do the exact same job and one is making less because of their gender in absurd. Not only is it unfair the is unreasonable and there is no reasoning behind it. We are not back in the old ages when women only cook, clean, and take care of their children, women can do the exact same thing as men and sometimes better.

This relates to class because we have been discussing court cases that involve things related to this topic. This also could be considered harsh work environment because it is unfair treatment. Also we have discussed discrimination because this is discrimination at its finest. Paying two people who are doing the exact same thing and giving them two different earning is unfair and crewel.