Unfortunately, today, women are still paid less than men are, even when they do similar work and have similar education, skills and experience. Functional theory helps to explain why there is discrimination of women in the workplace and why it has lasted as long as it has. According to functional theory, society is based on stability and the cooperation of its parts to maintain that stability. Because of the longstanding tradition of women staying home …showed first 75 words of 911 total…

…showed last 75 words of 911 total…deeply ingrained in American culture, and therefore will be very hard to get rid of. The most practical solution to ending the issue of unequal pay is to spread awareness of this problem and to get legislation passed ensuring equal pay for equal work. Women make up more than half of the population and if they come to appreciate the seriousness and extensiveness of this problem, they should have relatively no trouble getting legislation passed