Blog #4 Stephanie

I think that it all depends on what kind of research is done and what groups of people are being studied. From typing the paper for this class, I have learned that research can be “all over the place” so to speak, and can really muddy the waters when trying to; find an answer. What I am about to say may be controversial, but I do believe that it is relevant: if we are looking at all the working men and all the working women, I do think that choices may have a little bit to do with the age gap. A lot of women do value their family time, therefore, they will pick jobs that don’t require as many hours from them so that they can spend more time with their children. The lack of hours plus the fact that jobs that don’t require many hours aren’t usually as high paying, are probably contributing factors to the wage gap. HOWEVER! One of the points in the No Position states that the wage exists in every occupational category and it exists in higher levels of education. This it itself is enough to make me take the No Position without a doubt. There is no excuse that the Yes Position could make for the fact that there is a wage gap between men and women working in the same position. However, I don’t think that there will be any sort of advancement as long as one side continues to claim that there are studies that prove a certain points while the other side says that there are studies to disprove it. It’s almost as if both sides will have to conduct joint studies in order to ever get real and answers and correct the problem.