This image depicts how imbalanced the pay between men and women is within STEM.
Pay Gap in STEM
There are quite a few gender disparities present within STEM, one of the most prominent being the wage gap between men and women in the field. As in many other fields and areas of work, women in STEM are not paid nearly as much as men and there is a wide wage gap between the two.
This section of the exhibit seeks to understand what the underlying reasons are behind why it is that women earn less than men for completing the same STEM related jobs. In order to do this, various studies that have been conducted and thoroughly described in research journals will be assessed and analyzed as well as data that has been compiled in literature reviews. As the question is answered, much emphasis will be put on the main three reasons it appears that a pay gap between men and women exists in STEM including low levels of self-efficacy, or confidence in oneself, human capital and labor market, and finally housework and familial responsibilities.