Additional or main income?

                                   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 husband’s 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.