The communities that are impact by this issue are women and families everywhere. Especially single mothers, who usually are the one source of income for their families. If the women are being paid less, how can they be expected to give their families the same quality of life as they would if it was a single father working? Single mothers are statistically some of the poorest communities of people because of their mediocre pay at work. Even those who are technically more qualified than some of their coworkers can sometimes be overlooked for a promotion or a new job opportunity, simply because they are women.
Traditionally, women are seen as the lesser gender, the weaker of the two. Men believe it is their
job to care and provide for the women because women are supposed to be at home taking care of the children and the household chores. This is a very sexist and outdated point of view, but it is one that is still held onto by many people across the world. Statistically, there is “nowhere in the world where women can expect their gender to be irrelevant to their income” (Cholensky 2.” Even when women enter typically male-dominated fields of work, the gender pay gap narrows, but still exists. Women of the same level of expertise get paid less than their male coworkers simply because of their gender.
