Opinions

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/opinion/22Sommers.html?ref=opinion

In this article I found in the New York Times it talks about wages and how congress is in progress to make a law about discriminating women and the difference in wages between males and females.  The writer argues several different points about how men often have better degrees and women are more likely to take lower salary but higher benefits.

In my eyes I have to agree with the article and say that what they are doing isn't right.  It seems that women often us there gender as an advantage and try to make everything seem like they aren't equally respected.  They argue that they don't have the same salary but in one of the studies they talk about in the article, women that are single in suburban areas often make more money.  I also agree with the article on how I believe that women often get paid less is due to the fact that they would choose benefits over money because they would rather watch over their family and them selfs and make sure they have what they need.   I don't have a ton of facts but in my eyes I don't think it is write to make a law that says they have to have an equal salary.  Not all men make the same as other men but it has several different factors that come into play.  If you have a better educations you could get paid more, even if you would have more experience and knowledge of the job you are more likely to get hired or paid a better salary.

In my opinion I think they should let the businesses decide their own salary for everybody like they have been and if women think they deserve more they can work harder at what they want to get.  If you put more effort into something your more likely to get a better pay check.