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There parts were adopted from "To close the gender pay gap we need to end pay secrecy".Women in full-time work take home A$283.20 per week less than men, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, which puts the gender pay gap at 18.2%.More disturbing is that the gender pay gap is increasing. Under pay secrecy, conscious or unconscious bias can affect pay decisions. Managers are able to apply criteria that have an adverse impact on women.Second, pay over and above base pay is typically based on employee performance. Research shows women are less likely to get a high performance rating relative to their male counterparts.

In this news, we can see that the majority of the people usually determine women according to their genders. "The pro-male bias in performance ratings is particularly prevalent when women are in jobs traditionally carried out by men and the performance rater has strong gender stereotypes." They give women lower pay back which they deserve. Men and women do the same job, but they earn different money. We can connect the inequality shows in the news to the Handmaid's Tale, which is also include gender inequality. "Don't open your door to a stranger, even if ...by yourself,at night." In the Handmaid's Tale, this part shows that the antecedents always warn girls not to do this, not to do that. However, in both news and story, women and men do the same thing, but why women always got lower position and lower status? Both of women and men are alive, why should women limit themselves? 

Citation:http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/09/16/comment-close-gender-pay-gap-we-need-end-pay-secrecy