Women making less money than men in B.C.
1) What is this article about?
The article I chose is about how women make less money than men doing the same job around B.C. This article shows that 35% of women in B.C make less money than men for doing the exact same job as another person.
2) Who does it involve?
This article involves men and women. Also involves a B.C woman that spoke up for all women making less money than they’re suppose to.
3) Why did you choose this article?
I chose this article because it shows a very good example on how people treat different genders differently and shows how big the difference is.
4) How does this article relate to the story we are reading- The Friday Everything Changed?
This article relates to the story because it shows that women do not have as equal rights as boys do. Boys/Men are always the first to go to when you need a “harder” job to be done but girls could do the same if you asked them. For example, in the story, Ms. Ralston, the teacher, always asked the boys to get water for the water bucket because she thought the girls were incapable of doing this and that it was more of a “boy’s” job than a girl’s. In B.C this article says that women make $3,044 less income than other women across Canada. Which seems unfair because some of these jobs are the exact same thing but in different areas. Why do the same exact job as someone else but get paid less? It doesn’t make sense. This article and story can relate because it shows that when women do something it doesn’t get enough credit versus when a man does something, of course, this isn’t always in all situations but in most. They also relate because it proves that nothing would be changed unless someone spoke up which has happened in both the article and story.
ARTICLE:
B.C. women make less money than men and worry about it more: Survey