Close the Gap, Please.

The Pay Gap

   The pay gap, in my humble opinion, is becoming way too prominent is our working world today.It has always been seen between jobs, like the difference between a physician's assistant and a brain surgeon; however, more upsettingly, it is still seen between genders. While yes, often women are employed in lower paid jobs or positions, but it makes me and many others upset to hear that a woman can be at the exact same professional level as a man and be paid a lesser salary. This is something that makes me extremely upset, because I strongly believe in equal treatment for all people; however, businesses seem to think it is okay to pay a women less for doing the same task as a man. Different levels of education may play a part in this, which is understandable. If a women only has her high school diploma and a man has a masters in international business and communications, yes, he should make more because not only will he be ranked higher, but he has more experience and knowledge to do his job better. On the other hand, women are beginning to seek higher education and that can no longer be an excuse to pay them less.
   There will always be new excuses that come up to validate the pay gap, but none of them are valid in my opinion. Some say that women don't have a family to support or that if they move up and get a higher salary in a company they will just get married and pregnant and leave the company for her family. This definitely happens, yes, but it is not always the case. There are plenty of women who are and will be 100% focused on their work and loyal to their employer, regardless of family obligations. Also, if a family of four had a woman and a man coming home with a high salary, that family's consumer confidence would sky rocket. In no way could that hurt the economy, it would only help. They would live life extremely comfortable and this would really feed the service economy.
   I don't really understand why the pay gap is still an issue, with all of the equality that America preaches. Businesses as a whole don't seem to be making an effort to change things, and ultimately they are just hurting themselves, the economy, and the people who live in it.