The Economics of Gender & Sex By: Christopher Tien Eddie Sanchez

Discrimination There has always been discrimination in our country. Sex, sexuality, and family origin Focus has always been on race but it research has shown a trend of gender discrimination. Particularly gender wage discrimination.

History of Wage Discrimination Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Equal Pay Act of 1963

2009, women earned 78.2 percent of men’s median earnings. Women have to work 4 months in 2010 for wages to equal that of man in , women earned 78.2 percent of men’s median earnings. Women have to work 4 months in 2010 for wages to equal that of man in Wage Gap in the US of A

Better than in most other southern states cents to the dollar What would life be like for women without wage discrimination? Better than in most other southern states cents to the dollar What would life be like for women without wage discrimination? How does Florida compare?

Is the gap closing? Women have held their own or increased dominance in the skilled health care trades Men have increased dominance in the industrial and construction trades "It's not good news for women to have men making poor economic progress," says Carrie Lukas at the Independent Women's Forum. "This isn't a gender war. If men lose, that doesn't mean that women win."

Why some believe there is a gap.

What is prostitution? Why is it Illegal? Prostitution is the buying and selling of sexual services between consenting adults. The answer to the question, “Why is prostitution illegal in the US?” is that most people think it is evil, interferes with the flow of society, and ruins family life.” Amsterdam’s Red Light District

Policing Prostitution Money is spent on law enforcement efforts to catch prostitutes and their customers. Once caught, justice departments have to process these people through very expensive systems having little or no impact on prostitution. LAPD spends $100 million a year on Prostitution

Health Costs Legalization would require prostitutes to undergo regular medical examinations. STDs would be prevented from being spread. It would also reduce gender violence, and allow women to escape prostitution, if they so choose 6% of streetwalking prostitutes have AIDS

Minneapolis/St. Paul study Only 15 % of the women in the study had never contracted one of the STDs most injurious to health (chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrheal, herpes). Half the women were physically assaulted by their purchasers, and a third experienced purchaser assaults at least several times a year. 23% of those assaulted were beaten severely enough to have suffered broken bones. Two experienced violence so vicious that they were beaten into a coma. 90% of the women in this study had experienced violence in their personal relationships resulting in miscarriage, stabbing, loss of consciousness, and head injuries.

Pros and Cons of Legalization Pros: Freedom, taxes, less abuse of prostitutes, cleaner prostitutes, less spent on law enforcement Cons: Immoral, more government power, still might be some illegal activity om/watch?v=RY_HkA QF4Po om/watch?v=RY_HkA QF4Po

The Economy’s Effects on Abortion Rates "Unfortunately we see women who are making decisions about terminating a pregnancy because of the severe economic crisis they're facing.“ - Paula Gianino president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region

Abortion’s Direct Effects on Crime Rates: Crime began to fall roughly eighteen years after abortion legalization. States that allowed abortion in 1970 experienced declines earlier than the rest of the nation, which legalized in 1973 with Roe v. Wade. States with high abortion rates in the 1970s and 1980s experienced greater crime reductions in the 1990s.

Latest Healthcare Bill Won’t Cover Abortion Costs "I'm pleased to announce that we have an agreement. With the help of the president and the speaker, we were able to come up with an agreement to protect the sanctity of life in the health care reform, that there will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation.“ -Bart Stupak

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