The article is mainly about the way society treats women in the work place. The article starts its argument from the World War II era until our modern day and it looks at how women gets paid a little bit over 70 cents to a man’s dollar on average. “Yet, women in American today earn 78 cents to a man's dollar, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and have struggled for decades to achieve equal pay for equal work.” The article goes on and argues that women in during the World War II era were practically taking over the work force, during which men were fighting the war. After the end of the war, men returned back to their normal jobs and women saw a very steep decline in the job market. In fact “in 1945, the men came home and employers were allowed to replace female workers with males without cause.” This caused a feminist group to be assembled in which a lot of things were done in order for things to change. In 1963, Pres. John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 in which made it easier for women to be paid equally as men. In 2009-2011 The Equal Paycheck Act was introduced. Although it faced a lot of republican opposition in the congress, the feminist groups promised not to settle until their paycheck equaled that of a man’s with the same job. Page 377 of Business Law: Text and Exercises chapter 28 defines workplace discrimination as “Treating employees or job applicants unequally on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, or age.” ...
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