User talk:Macie Rakaba/sandbox

Article Evaluation- the Gender Wage Gap

This was an outspoken article, it stayed on topic and did not get distracted throughout. But perhaps the author could add more about the different view points in this article. Like an example of who is against the wage gap, who is neutral, and who stands next to the gap. They could give real life examples including athletes to explain the gap. Like for example, a great suggestion for the author who wrote "Gender Wage Gap" could explain in more depth about someone who stands by the wage gap. Like a piece Andrew Das wrote for the New York Times called, "U.S women's Team Wins More, not Equal, Pay," On how female athletes have been struggling with the pay disparities for decades, and now they are fighting for equal rights. Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and her team, USA national soccer team, have stood up against the inequality to fight for their right. The USA women's soccer team has won several tournaments including world cup championships. As of the men on the other hand, has won few tournaments and never winning a world cup. For the author, finding someone who opposes the wage gap could be an article expressing that, "There is No Male-Female Wage Gap" by Carrie Luka from the Wall Street Journal. she wrote that in fact, men get paid less than women, and men however are feeling discriminated. The reason behind female getting paid more than men is that women get the easier jobs like secretary, administration, and nurses. While the men get the less paying jobs, but are more dangerous like construction, and overnight shifts. Therefore leading men into the 70-75% tile range of unemployment and rising. While women on the other hand, are down by 58-60% percent tile. While the finale view point should elaborate on individuals who have no opinion on the wage gap, therefore are neutral on the topic. like for example, an author that did not revel their name, wrote "Back to the Future," which was published on one of Canada's newspaper websites. Mentions that even though they have no interest in the wage gap, claimed that the pay gap for females still "looks like [the] 1997's" but for men, there is no worry. Although it was a very short article, I think it could be useful in the author that wrote "Gender wage Gap" to serve as examples of the points that I briefly explained. Other than that, the author stayed neutral throughout the text and gave many examples on not only the United States, but also other countries and how the pay gap differs in not just the United States, but how women around the world are being treated. For this article to be rated as a "B," it was outstanding. The citations are still valid when I went back to check their resources, although some where a little older, it still made a reliable source. However, the way Wikipedia differs from our class, is the way that they go into more depth than us. Like, how they give great detail in the history, great representatives of graphs, and plenty of research to back up their objective. Macie Rakaba (talk) 18:17, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Das, Andrews. “U.S. Women's Soccer Team Wins More, not equal, Pay.” New York Times,” 6  April 2017, P. B10

Luka, L. Carrie. “There Is No Male-Female Wage Gap.” Wall Street Journal, 12 Apr 2011,

“Back to the future.” Maclean’s, 21 Mar. 2016, p. 9.