let's stop teaching girls they are worth less than boys

[niyad]

Let’s Stop Teaching Girls They Are Worth Less Than Boys

Do you remember the chores you were given as a child? Perhaps it was your job to take out the garbage or wash the dishes after dinner. Maybe your parents even sweetened the deal by giving you an allowance for helping around the house.

If you’re a girl and you have brothers, you might have a bone to pick with your parents. A new study from Junior Achievement has found that nearly 70 percent of boys get an allowance compared to less than 60 percent of girls. What’s more? Boys are also more likely to get more money for doing less work.
Another study found that girls actually do two more hours of housework a week than boys who spend twice as much time playing. The girls are also less likely to get paid for the housework they do whereas the boys were 15 percent more likely to get an allowance for doing household chores.

The message here is clear: girls are supposed to take care of the home and this work isn’t valuable because they can do it without pay. This lesson learned early on plays out in adulthood with women often being the partner that ends up taking care of the household chores. In fact, despite the fact that many women are now the breadwinners of their families, they are still left doing the majority of the housework.
Could it be that gender gap in children’s allowance has contributed to the wage gap women continue to face today?

I would argue yes! When girls from an early age begin making less than boys or are paid nothing at all for the chores they do, they are learning to accept less money for their work. It also teaches boys that it’s OK for women to earn less money for doing the same job.

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Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/lets-stop-teaching-girls-they-are-worth-less-than-boys.html#ixzz30CFn4Dgt