Women In Healthcare

The values of the world have changed a lot over time and they’re still changing as time goes on. Cultural values especially have changed whether it was for better or for worse while also changing the economic structure that was built. Of course The Equal Pay Act put in place in 1963 has changed lessened the pay gap between men and women immensely compared to the present, but that would be because it was so wide in the first place that people finally thought it was time for a change and although it changed the economic system for the better, it shouldn’t have stopped narrowing the wage gap. As proved in the article Equal Pay Laws By State, it should be common nature that people are paid equally for the same job or at the very least, in the same career area. Smart states like California, New York and Maryland know that it would help build up the economic system if women and men were paid equally for the same career choice and therefor expand their laws put in place for wages and pay. As also stated in Gender gap in hospital medicine: Do women have the same opportunities?, “At the rate of change between 1960 and 2016, women are expected to reach pay equity with men in 2059. But even that slow progress has stalled in recent years. If change continues at the slower rate seen since 2001, women will not reach pay equity with men until 2119...Bina Desai (MD at Chicago’s Loyola University Health System) says that the field has a great shot at being equitable because “we are young and there are 50-50 males-to-females going into hospital medicine”. This is proof that the people concerned for themselves as well as their colleagues or employees are trying to speak out against those who are not concerned with making the pay equal and unfortunately, if they are not concerned then it won’t happen fast enough before the economy changes again.

 It is very common that women are looked down upon by men because they all think it’s still a man’s world. The women who fight for equality for women and men alike are the voices of those who can’t speak up. Unfortunately women think they need men and therefore, they can’t leave. And that applies to more than just business. In the article Women Doctors Are Paid $20,000 Less Than Male Doctors Dr. Anupam Jena says “...a combination of three factors can largely explain it. First, he says, women tend to negotiate less aggressively than men, and they’re also less likely to solicit outside job offers in order to seek a raise from their current employer. ‘The third explanation, which is the scariest, is that there’s actually discrimination occurring, whether conscious or subconscious’”. And it states that the main reason behind gender discrimination is because human resources departments allow this to persist, not that women negotiate too timidly. I know that women are starting to rise up again in society but it has been a slow process. What’s even worse is that there isn’t much mercy on those who live in poor neighborhoods and who are struggling to feed themselves and possibly even their kids. There was a law put in place back in 1963 to protect women’s rights for fair pay and now we’re once again merely brushing aside the problem that some women have to go through and only 3 out of the 50 states in the country are expanding that law to help women who don't think their voice is worth hearing all because they think or know that no one is willing to listen.