Production Report 8b

A big problem of mine with essays is feeling like I have to make my body paragraphs longer so I end up sounding repeptive.

Audience Questions

1. How did you decide to use form to present your content in the raw material you’ve shared here? How did the conventions of your chosen genre influence your choices?

I had to formalize the evidence and build upon it.

1. How did the production of this raw material go? What kinds of any hiccups, challenges, successes, creative epiphanies, etc. occurred during the process?

It was hard to get my point across without sounding repetitive at times.

1)    Equal Pay Act. Gender Pay gap is not a product of men in higher paying jobs.

·      Video of State rep (lack of understanding of cause of pay gap)

·      Women only make as much as men in 3 categories (there is a consistent lack of equal pay)

Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women still face discrimination in the work force. The gender pay gap is 21% (Catherine Hill, 2016). This means that the average female makes 79% of what the average male makes. In 1963, the Equal Pay Act was passed. This legislation essentially states that employers cannot pay employees doing the same job different wages based on their sex.  Some argue that this gap is a consequence of men taking on harder, higher paying jobs. Will Infantine, a New Hampshire state representative, spoke out and claimed, “Men by and large make more because of some of the things they do. Their jobs are, by and large, more riskier. They don't mind working nights and weekends. They don't mind working overtime, or outdoors in the elements ... Men are more motivated by money than women are” ((GSP Video) NH State Rep Says Women Earn Less Because Lack Men's Motivation, Drive, 2014).  Even if this statement where true, the gender pay gap is predominately based on women and men doing the exact same jobs.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded that women make as much as men in only three categories (Covert, 2014). The gender pay gap is not a result of women being lazier than men.  It is a product of discrimination in the workplace.