Over the years women have consistently been paid less than men for the same job with the same education. Employers have used various reasons as an excuse to maintain the gender pay gap. Society has taught people that women should receive less and now people simply accept that this will be the case. The pay gap has existed for centuries, but creating new laws and changing the way society thinks about equal pay can become a reality. Throughout history, the job market has never seen equal pay. Women are still fighting for equal pay if they do the same job as a man. According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, one in seven adults, man or woman, says they have been a victim of discrimination (On Pay Gap, Millennial Women Near Parity – For Now).1 Motherhood, or even the potential for motherhood, it created a pay gap. From a survey conducted by Laura Basset, 62% of women between eighteen and thirty-five predicted that having children would have a negative impact on their career (Basset). Most women who expect pregnancy to have a negative impact say this is because once the baby is born their working hours are likely to be reduced. June O'Neill, an economist at Baruch College and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, concluded that if the effects of marriage and family growth were eliminated, gender wage gaps would nearly disappear (Why Women Earn Less). California created the nation's first paid family leave program. The program allows the mother to take double maternity leave and creates the possibility that both working hours and income will increase (Porter). When she becomes a mother, a woman's ability to take top billing… piles up compared to white men's salaries (Casserly). Experts believe that there are a myriad of factors that can be attributed to the wage gap. Greater education, greater labor force participation, an increase in higher-paying occupations, gender stereotypes, discrimination and professional networks contribute to the gender wage gap (On Pay Gap, Millennial Women Near Parity – For Now). Minor factors contributing to the gap include grades, course choices, career breaks, and the tendency to work fewer hours (Porter). While many have speculated about the factors contributing to the wage gap, there are some that cannot be explained. It is believed that around a third of the wage gap simply cannot be explained. In the past, the gender wage gap can be defined by many factors. The factors that cause the gender wage gap are very similar