Question

State the reason for women's labour being undervalued​

Answer 1

Answer:

is widely known that women make less money than men. Many people, including economic and political commentators, claim that this is due to women tending to be in lower-paid careers. Of course, the pay equality complaint is that women are paid less than men for the same work, but the conversation should also include the fact that women do tend to be in lower paid careers and why. The truth is that “women’s” careers are paid less because it’s women who tend to do the work. Don’t believe me? Just look at the history.

Femininizing Fields

You might hear some people say that if women want to be paid more, they should work in higher-paying fields. This might seem like good advice, but the fact is that the more women who follow it, the less true it will become. This is because jobs are paid less as they gain popularity with women.

Look at recreation: As women began to outnumber men at summer camps and the like, jobs in that field saw a pay drop of 57% from the 1950s until today, even after adjusting for inflation. The same can be seen in more artistic careers as designers have seen their wages cut by 34% as the industry as seen more female designers. Biology used to be a highly-respected field in science, but as more and more women became biologists, the wages fell by 18% and it’s now seen as a “soft” science, rather than the harder (more masculine) fields of physics and chemistry. Think of other fields, like psychology, teaching, etc. You can probably come up with dozens of careers that fit this pattern.