Chapter six

This chapter of Valenti book talks about the pay different exprenced between men and women. I knew that women made less than men around 30 cents less. However I never understood reason other than we were being discriminated against. It is unfair that we have to take pay cuts just because of sex and gender. We work just has hard as men yet we don't rep the same benefits that they do.
It almost makes me frustrated that just because I am young and might have kids I am going to looked at differently then a man or an older women who is past the age of having kids. There is something wrong about society when we don't value that the work women contribute not only in the labor force but also at home. The work women do at home is not paid for but it would be interesting to see how much their work would be valued at. I think I am going to google that right now.
""If you're a stay-at-home wife and mother, you're worth a whopping $125,900 a
year! That's because your mate would have to pay $2,325 a week to hire people to
perform all the jobs you do, according to U.S. government statistics."
http://www.coeinc.org/Articles/HousewifeWorth.pdf

It's a little dated but I think it a good estimate. I don't know about you but over 100 k sounds like a pretty good salary to me. However it still doesn't factor in that a mother/wife is working 24/7 they are never getting a break or vacation time. Even if they go on vacation they could bring the kids. If the leave the kids at home they will be worrying about them. There is not winning either way. If you like or not once have child and decide to raise them you are the clock 24/7. But why isn't that the same with dads. Who do schools call first when the child is sick or is in trouble and needs to be pick up.

I think that we are still stuck in the 1950's mind frame even though the dynamics of the family have changed. Family are not longer mom and dad and two kids. We do not account for how the family make up is changing so we can no longer have vision that mom will stay at home why dad works.

We leave in a two income family. Families can only survive a lot of times if two adults are bringing in incomes. It is considered more of a luxury if only one parents has to work.