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Running head: GENDER PAY GAP
GENDER PAY GAP
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GENDER PAY GAP1
Executive Summary
The aim of the project is to highlight the causes of the gender gap prevailing all over the world. It
tries to study the recent tribunal case, which shows how gender discrimination is being practiced
in companies and how women have raised voice over the issue. It studies the causes of poverty
and unemployment, among which is on a high among the older group of females. The project
concludes that the recent reports show greater participation of women for negating their salaries
and raising their voice for equal opportunities and pay scale as men have.

GENDER PAY GAP2
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
The role of the negative stereotype..............................................................................................3
Working in lower-paid jobs.........................................................................................................4
Ways in which performance is rated...........................................................................................6
Negotiating salaries.....................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References......................................................................................................................................10

GENDER PAY GAP3
Introduction
The gender pay gap is the difference between the wages of an individual on the basis of
gender. The earnings of women are generally lower than the earnings of men. The gender gap
can reduce the willingness of women to work independently. Women face several problems
because of the gender gap. The factors which increase the gender gap in society are
discrimination on the basis of gender. The competency of the women is not valued equally as
men (Boll and Lagemann 2019). History shows that women have always faced discrimination in
terms of payment. In the UK, women were not given equal wages like men, and also there were
not entitled to unemployment benefits like men in the year 1920. In the year 1968, women again
revolted for receiving equal pay. The women workers of Ford plant in the city Dagenham started
strike because they were receiving less than 90% of wages paid to men. The work of women's
pay was considered unskilled. Despite the continuous strike from women workers, the company
agreed to pay them 92% of wages that were paid to men. This is still an unequal payment of
wages and can be considered gender discrimination by creating a gender pay gap.
Discussion
The role of the negative stereotype
One of the main causes of the gender pay gap is the stereotype mentality of society. The
competency of women is always undervalued than men. Stereotype thinking can also be seen in
the corporate culture, where women are not getting promotions and are not given managerial
roles. Some organization questions the status of women as a mother. They view the women who
are mothers as less committed to their work. The other stereotype mentality that we see around is
the starting salary of men is higher than women. The allocation of works also differs on the basis