Anything you can do I can do...but for less.

It's shocking that in today's society there are still cases of the gender wage gap.  But after reading this article about Maine where women working full time are paid 22 percent less.  Women working right next to their male counterparts, working the same tasks, but not making the same amount seems to be one of the most disappointing things.  We've come such great lengths in gender equality, but this is truly unacceptable.  It has even hit close to home, when I discovered that at my own place of employment there is gender inequality.  Not on the sales floor, but for our dock associates, responsible for loads and unloading our new stock, men and women are paid differently and are assigned different tasks suiting their traditional gender roles.  It just astounds me that these differences still exist.  If you are going to hire somebody for a certain position then they should be allowed to work all the tasks involved and for equal pay.  

http://www.kjonline.com/news/state-wage-gap-closer-but-still-reality_2012-07-21.html