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Unequal Work, Unequal Pay Realities

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Men's work and women's work may be diverse and weigh differentiately, given that nature and nurture wire males and females differently. Wherever patriarchal norms dominate, women's work may include informal unpaid care work within households and formal paid work within corporates.  Both powerful male and their female counterparts may likely supply greater productive hours to community work over the course of a lifetime, in contrast to their perceived and socially-adjudged powerless comparators. My concept of power being the ability to make game-changing decisions that impact on wide-ranging outcomes. Even though macroeconomists always point to policy coverage alternatives, with more household finance options, empowered households may also create incentives that narrow the gaps in unequal work. Effective research queries in equal work and pay considerations may include: ■ Who pays for the necessary extra care work burdens that women tend to bear? ■ What sort of cultural para