Introduction
With women earning 77 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts, one cannot help but wonder why the equal pay act was enacted in 1963 (Rodgers, 2006). On average an African American woman is paid 63 cents for every dollar a male counterpart receives. On the other hand, a Latin American woman receives just 54 cents for every dollar a man earns. Even if the national average stands at 77 cents for every male worker’s dollar, the situation does not seem to improve (Rodgers, 2006). Gender based wage discrimination has been one among the top vices in the country’ ...