Persuasive Speech Analysis: Wage Gap for Female Construction Workers

This report analyzes a persuasive speech focused on the wage gap experienced by female construction workers. The speech highlights the disparity in pay, citing statistics from the US Census Bureau and other research sources, indicating that women earn significantly less than their male counterparts. The report explores the factors contributing to this gap, including patriarchal attitudes, exclusionary policies, and the perception of women's competence in the construction industry. The speech aims to persuade employers to address these issues and promote fair recruitment and compensation practices. The report references scholarly articles that examine the wage gap and its implications, including the impact of increased female representation on wages. The report also discusses the target audience and the speaker's approach to delivering a compelling and persuasive message.

Running head: PERSUASIVE SPEECH
PERSUASIVE SPEECH
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Persuasive speech plan
The topic that I intend to discuss as part of my persuasive speech is the appeal for the
rights of the female construction workers. According to the US Census Bureau women
construction workers are paid 17 per cent less than their male counterparts (Scott, Boggess &
Timm, 2018). The findings of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research indicate that the plight
of the women workers are not that bad. Women are 95.2 per cent in dollars compared to their
male co-workers. In UAE, it has been found that the women construction workers earn 79 per
cent of what the men earn (Toor, Suresh & Renukappa, 2017). It has been found that worldwide
the pay scale of construction workers is higher for men than that of women. Scholars working on
the occupational studies and gender studies have found that the wage of the person is dependent
on their position in the matrix. There is a belief that women are not as competent as men and
therefore, their productivity is low as compared to men. The culture of patriarchy and andro-
centric attitude influences the employers to pay female construction workers lesser than the male
construction workers. It has further been found that labelling and exclusionary policies of letting
women work in demanding conditions, excludes them from the high-paying tasks in the
construction job and therefore women are pushed to the brink of the economy. Examples of this
would be a 10 per cent increase in the proportion of female construction workers in UAE is
associated with fall in 5 per cent of the wages. Another example of this is the estimate found by
ILO that the gender gap is 20 to 40 per cent.

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My target audience for the speech will be the employers as I feel that their attitude
needs to be changed in the recruitment and payment of the female construction workers.
Throughout the speech I will remain, firm and composed in my speech so as that I can build the
interest and trust of my audience.

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References
Scott, J., Boggess, B., & Timm, E. (2018). Ensuring the Right to Rest: City Ordinances and
Access to Rest Breaks for Workers in the Construction Industry. Journal of occupational and
environmental medicine, 60(4), 331-336.
Toor, R. N., Suresh, S., & Renukappa, S. (2017, December). Factors Affecting the Equality and
Diversity of Ethnic Minority Women in the UK Construction Industry: An Empirical Study.
In International Conference on Sustainable Futures 2017 Section 10, no 1, p697. Applied
Science University.