Even if stronger laws existed, the national government would still face the difficulty of persuading the state governments to agree to new labor laws. The state governments have their own laws, and they don’t want to change ("Across Globe, Women Earn Less" 10). The result is that the laws are either old or very different from one state to the next.

WORKING WOMEN WITH FAMILIES
Many women decide to have families, which can cause them to be out of the office more often. If women in general have trouble receiving equal pay for equal work, then working women with families have it even worse. The 500,000 member conservative group Concerned Women for America states that,                              
Women have the opportunity to earn as much as men…but they often have different goals and values. The fact that more women are in lower-paying professions is not  due to rampant discrimination, as feminists charge…Many women choose such professions voluntarily because they have decided to keep their families the top priority in their lives (Clark 174).
Society has put a bundle of guilt on the working mother. Between home and work, women have a large burden resting on their shoulders. According to the Population Reference Bureau: "Despite heir added duties outside the home, women still do 2/3 of the housework and child care — suggesting the ‘equality’ isn’t yet as equal as it seems" ("Almost…Equal" 1). There are women who have never had children that receive almost as much pay as men do. Females ages 27-33 without children have wages reaching 98% of men’s (Clark 174). This gives the message that a woman can not be successful and have a family at the same time, even though men have done so for hundreds of years.

SUMMARY
Even with the amount of success that has occurred from the women’s movement, problems still remain to be overcome. More women are working in traditionally male-dominated jobs, but receive only about 74 cents to a man’s dollar. And women are still discouraged by society in general to pursue a male-dominated job field, and have to balance family life with their careers.

One step that needs to be taken before women can receive equal wages is for the government to recognize the problem of discrepancy in salary then make laws which require employers to hire and promote without discrimination. The laws the government has ratified have many loopholes by which employers can legally discriminate on the basis of gender.

Another problem to be confronted is the stress placed on working women with families. Since men can work and have a family simultaneously, women should not have to bear a drop in wages if they are to have a family. Also society shouldn’t pressure women to carry the burden of household work, family car, and a career; these should be shared experiences with their partner.

The government, society, and women themselves need to realize what can be accomplished and what blocks the way. And then with those complications resolved, women stand a better chance of receiving equal pay for equal work.