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Equal Pay Day reflections around the Web
Tweets and articles take a look at the role that gender plays in our lives
This article originally appeared on Avvo.com.
With #EqualPayDay this week, we reflected on the role that gender plays in our professional and cultural lives. Here are a few tweets and articles that made us think about women’s rights around the country, plus one about the rights of those who identify outside of the traditional male/female binary.
“It is just not fair that women get paid less than men for the same job” —Sagehttps://t.co/x2v6fVmI5R #EqualPayDay pic.twitter.com/r2jjiDMUqd
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 14, 2015
http://t.co/63GuLbVUI4 What abortion politics has wrought: A miscarrying woman denied medication because they suspected she was aborting.
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) April 14, 2015
On #EqualPayDay, key facts about the gender pay gap issue. http://t.co/y6W0kBR0mk http://t.co/DAQPYc8WjR
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) April 14, 2015
In honor of #EqualPayDay we look at how we can finally close the gender wage gap http://t.co/ZdET8UgV7h by @janeporter00 via @FastCompany
— Kathleen Davis (@KathleenEDavis) April 14, 2015
I spoke with the creators of @SirensUSA and @mtvfakingit about their asexual and intersex characters: http://t.co/INvEP9NHkL
— June Thomas (@junethomas) April 14, 2015