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Additional or main income?

Man and woman both are working today. Women are equally contributing and in
some cases they are doing more than what a man can do. But it is also seen that
most of the employed women believe that their income is additional whereas their
husbands income is main. The problem starts from here. As soon as they think that
their income is additional and what they are getting is enough for them, the
employers start exploiting the situation. Gradually, it spoils the wages system of the
job market.
Though women are qualified and working competently, their thinking of additional
income affects the whole system of wages. They are ready to work on low wages.
The advantage of it is being taken by employers. When they have women
employees available on low wages, why will they pay more to men? Hence, men are
also compelled to work on low wages. In this way, men and women both are
exploited and underpaid.
The situation can be improved if women start to think of the value of their labor.
They should not take their income as additional. They are not doing additional work
then why do they think of additional income? They should also demand the wages
as per government norms, otherwise both men and women will always remain
underpaid and employers will continue exploiting both.

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