ALONE.
>> I THINK THAT IS SO POWERFUL.
HAVE FUN TONIGHT AND GOOD LUCK.
>>> NOW TO IN-DEPTH REPORTING
ON A SUBJECT WE HAVE BEEN
WATCHING.
THERE ARE FEWER JOBS AVAILABLE.
THAT COULD BE ANOTHER THING
THAT MAKES INTEREST RATES GO
UP.
JOB OPENINGS CUT IN JANUARY
COMPARED TO DECEMBER AND THAT
IS NOT ENOUGH TO COOL OFF
INFLATION.
AS YOU HEARD IN OUR
CONVERSATION, TODAY IS ABOUT
WOMEN.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
INFLATION MATTERS EVEN MORE FOR
WOMEN. WHY?
WOMEN DON'T GET PAID AS MUCH AS
MEN. EXPERTS SAY THERE IS NO
SIGN THAT WILL GET BETTER
ANYTIME SOON.
THE GENDER PAY GAP IS REAL AND
IT IS HERE.
VAUGHN HILLYARD HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: THE GENDER WAGE
GAP IN AMERICA PERSISTING. THE
EFFORTS TO CLOSE IT, ONGOING
BUT THE REALITY, UNCHANGED.
DATA DETAILS HOW WOMEN IN THE
AMERICAN WORKFORCE ARE MAKING
$0.82 FOR EVERY $1.00 THAT MEN
MAKE. THAT RATE NARROWING BY
JUST TWO CENTS SINCE 2002.
A COSTUME WORKER AT DISNEY
WORLD IN FLORIDA --
>> THEY DON'T DESERVE TO BE
COMPENSATED FOR THE SAME AMOUNT
AS A JOB FOR A MAN SHOULD BE.
>> Reporter: SHE IS FIGHTING
FOR NEW CONTRACT AND AGAINST
WHAT SHE SAYS ARE INGRAINED
DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY WOMEN'S
WORK IS VIEWED WHEN COMPARED TO
THE ROLES TRADITIONALLY
DOMINATED BY MEN.
>> WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF WHAT A
SEAMSTRESS IS, THEY PROBABLY
THINK OF THEIR GRANDMA WHO
FIXES A BUTTON ON THEIR PANTS.
ALL OF THE MACHINES WE USE ARE
INDUSTRIAL MACHINES.
>> Reporter: SUE POINTS TO THE
LIMITED PAY INCREASE
OPPORTUNITIES COMPARED TO THOSE
WORKING IN MALE-DOMINATED
POSITIONS, LIKE TECH AND
LIGHTING.
DISNEY DID NOT REQUEST RETURN
OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT, BUT
SAID IT DOES NOT MEAN WOMEN
MAKE LESS THAN THEIR MALE
COUNTERPARTS DOING THE SAME JO
. THIS ISSUE GOES BEYOND DISNEY
WORLD.
>> WHY IS THE NARROWING OF THE
WAGE GAP STALLED IN THE 21st
CENTURY?
>> IT IS 35-44.
YOU HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AT HOME
AND WE SEE THE WAGE GAP WIDENED.
>> IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE
TRADITIONAL VIEWS OF AMERICAN'S
RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHILD CARE?
>> WOMEN ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY
TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILY NEEDS
BY A MUCH GREATER MARGIN THAN
MEN.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER MAJOR
FACTOR, THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN
IN THE WORKFORCE COMPARED TO
MEN.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO POLICIES
THAT MAKE IT EASY FOR WOMEN TO
ACCESS AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE,
MATERNITY LEAVE BENEFITS, WE
HAVE FOUND THE U.S. DOES LAG
BEHIND UNFORTUNATELY IN THOSE
AREAS.
>> Reporter: THE WORLD ECONOMIC
FORUM ESTIMATES AT THIS RATE IT
WOULD TAKE 132 YEARS TO CLOSE
THE WAGE GAP.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO BE FORCED
TO COME TO THE FACT PEOPLE THAT
ARE REALLY GOOD AT DOING THIS
DON'T WANT TO WORK FOR YOU.
THE DAY WILL COME.
>> LET'S HOPE, MAN.
LET'S HOPE.
TALK ABOUT THE GENDER GAP. WHAT
ABOUT WHEN YOU FACTOR IN RACE
OR AGE?
>> Reporter: RIGHT.
THERE IS ABSOLUTE DISPARITY
BASED ON RACE OR ETHNICITY, BUT
ALSO AGE.
AS A WOMAN GETS OLDER, THAT
DISPARITY ONLY INCREASES. A
NUMBER OF VARIABLES AT PLAY ARE
SO EXTENSIVE. OF COURSE, WHAT
YOU HEARD THERE WAS THE
CHILDCARE AND THE CONCEPT THAT
USUALLY FALLS ON THE PART OF A
WOMAN AND YOU SEE THAT PLAY OUT
IN THE TYPES OF MATERNAL LEAVE
OFFERED COMPARED TO PATERNAL
LEAVE OFFERED IN SO MANY
PLACES.
THERE ARE WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE
WHO SEEK PROMOTIONS AND NEW JOB
OPPORTUNITIES.
40% OF WOMEN SAID THEY FELT LIKE
THEIR JOB OPPORTUNITIES WERE
NOT PRESENTED TO THEM FOR
PROMOTIONS IN THE SAME WAY THAT
MEN WERE PRESENTED AS
OPPORTUNITIES, SO THAT IS WHERE