Read the passage.
excerpt from "Why Equal Pay Is Worth Fighting For" by
Senator Elizabeth Warren, April 17, 2014
I honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over equal pay in
2014.
When I started teaching elementary school after college, the
public school district didn't hide the fact that it had two pay
scales: one for men and one for women. Women have made.
incredible strides since then. But 40 years later, we're still
debating equal pay for equal work.
Women today still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man
earns, and they're taking a hit in nearly every occupation.
Bloomberg analyzed Census data and found that median
earnings for women were lower than those for men in 264 of
265 major occupation categories. In 99.6 percent of
occupations, men get paid more than women. That's not an
accident; that's discrimination.
The effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long.
lasting. Today, more young women go to college than men, but
unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans
Pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women.
For middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to
get by, and many families depend as much on Mom's salary as
they do on Dad's, if not more. Women are the main
breadwinners, or joint breadwinners, in two-thirds of the families
across the country, and pay discrimination makes it that much
harder for these families to stay afloat
Women are ready to fight back against nav discrimination, but
Which points from the passage provide valid support for
Warren's argument that wage discrimination negatively affects.
women?
Select Valid Reasoning for points that support her argument.
Select Invalid Reasoning for points that fail to support her
argument.
Women today still earn less
than 80 cents for every
dollar a man earns.
The Paycheck Fairness Act
would ensure that
differences in salaries are
based on differences in
jobs.
More women go to college
than men, but unequal pay
makes it harder for women
to pay back student loans.
Lower wages lead to more
difficult retirements for
women.
More middle-class families
rely on two incomes for
survival.
Valid
Reasoning
Invalid
Reasoning
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