{"id":18935,"date":"2014-08-21T00:24:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T22:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=18935"},"modified":"2014-08-21T18:11:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T16:11:34","slug":"womens-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/womens-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Guardian US and ProPublica readers share their stories of finding out that they were paid less than their male colleagues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Lilly Ledbetter had worked at Goodyear for years before someone slipped her a note telling her that she was making a lot less money than other men at her seniority level. Others might learn it through gossip, or through a stray pay stub.<\/p>\n

Working women all over the US have had their own equal pay awakenings, when they realized their salaries lagged those of others who had the same qualifications. The knowledge can be a shock.<\/p>\n

One thing is clear, however: most American women are still not getting paid as much as their male colleagues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen against feminism\u201d \u2013 a viral social media campaign that sprang up this month \u2013 isn\u2019t purely an American phenomenon.\u00a0\u00a0 Juliette, 45, insisted that she too was \u201csick of being made out to be a victim simply because I am a woman. I chose to have children and be their primary carer. I am not underpaid or a victim.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet her annual pay is \u00a35,000, or $8,473, less than that of the men in her office. Her explanation? It is not discrimination, just an effect of her having a child and needing flexible hours. \u201cIt is not a criticism of my abilities and I do not think all women are discriminated against,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

The truth, unfortunately, is that women have been and still are paid less even if they do not take time off to have a child or need flexible hours. They earn, on average, about 77 cents for every dollar a man earns.\u00a0 In span of a year, they make $11,500 less than their male counterparts.<\/p>\n

Being underpaid doesn\u2019t automatically make you a victim. It\u2019s an alert to stop being one. Most women who have discovered unequal pay have stood up for themselves, paving way for other women in their company. Some quit to prove that they deserve to be treated the same as their male co-workers. We all know the statistic that about 57% of men ask for their raises. For women, that number was 7%.<\/p>\n

Yet women who do raise the subject of salary find that asking is not enough. Often times, they are told to take it or leave it. Frequently, even when given raises, their new pay still comes short of that of their male coworkers.<\/p>\n

While that might be enough to discourage some from trying, women have to keep asking for raises and for higher pay. Why? Because men don\u2019t hesitate to ask.\u00a0 Unequal pay<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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