In any case, if a woman has worked a long time to further her education just like a man, then pay should not matter, her job performance should determine the increase in his pay, not his gender. “Humankind” was seen as such, a collection of men: dependent on women for reproduction but reluctant to value them as equal members of society. Although the establishment of internationally recognized women's rights has accelerated significantly over the last century, “gender equality” is an idea that remains far from reality. The wage gap between men and women is one of the major problems facing society today. “Women face a pay gap in almost every occupation. From elementary and middle school teachers to computer programmers, women are paid less than men in female-dominated, gender-balanced, male-dominated occupations.” These statistics are completely unexpected because the graduation rate for women compared to men is 32%.