Lønforskellen mellem kønnene: årsager og konsekvenser

The wage gap between the genders has been an issue for years and years. First of all, what does equal pay include? Equal pay is when men and woman working at the same workplace is given equal pay for equal work. The jobs do not have to be identical, but they must be substantially equal. All forms of pay are covered by the law, including salary, overtime pay, bonuses, and a lot of other stuff. If there is any inequality in wages between the men and women, the employer

May not reduce the wages of either gender to equalize their salary. But is it fair that there is an inequality in men’s and women's pay? It depends on the job, for example, football. Men’s football is probably the most popular sport in the world, therefore all of the clubs all around the world make a lot of money from tickets, shirts, and other merchandise getting sold and of course, big tournaments and league titles won. The players at the clubs are getting paid very good money and more than enough to live for. Women´s football is also popular, but not nearly in the same range as the men’s, therefore there is a lot less money to deal around the clubs and the women in football are getting paid less. A study in the US was made and showed that there was a gap of 77 cents between the two genders, but it was a study made by feminists and celebrities, that tried and succeeded in making a wage gap myth. That is because they took the median wage from women and the median from the men, afterward they divided the two numbers and concluded that for every 77 cents a woman earned, a man earned a dollar. But those calculations do not reveal the true wage gap, and that is because some very important factors are forgotten to be put in the calculation. As, occupation, position, education nor hours worked per week. American association of university made a much more reliable study that showed the actual wage gap was around 6,6 cents. Is there a big difference between the danish wage gap of the genders in comparison to the US? In Denmark the labor market is very gender segregated, which means that women and men rarely perform exactly the same type of work, and therefore it is a little bit difficult to compare the two genders wage gap. Although there is still a wage gap and in 2005 the men earned 16,2 % more than the women. The number has been going down significantly since then, in 2019 the gap was 12,7 % What could be the reason for the wage gap in general? We live in a patriarchal society where men have the role as a provider and where men often can dictate what amount of money women will receive in their pay, that is because men often sit in the position of the leadership. That results in those women must discuss salary with the male boss. Women are more likely than men to stay or go a bit over what they are usually earning in comparison to men. Some experts express that the wage gap will never get completely even, and that lays also lays ground in some biological reasons. With the result that men are better at selling themselves on the market and they are considered much more valuable just because of their gender. There is also the issue with women, maternity leave. That costs women a carrier step, because that they are not considered loyal employees.