{"id":320366,"date":"2021-03-26T17:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T21:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=320366"},"modified":"2021-03-26T17:30:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T21:30:40","slug":"equal-pay-day-2021-where-do-women-actually-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/equal-pay-day-2021-where-do-women-actually-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Equal Pay Day 2021: Where Do Women Actually Stand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fequal-pay-day-2021-where-do-women-actually-stand%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=320366&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3822.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Equal Pay Day \u2013 the day in the calendar women allegedly have to work until in order to earn as much as a man earned the previous year \u2013 was this past week. You can tell because of the resurgence of Democrats, activists, and celebrities claiming that women are victimized because they don\u2019t earn, on average, as much money as men.<\/p>\n<p>The truth behind the \u201cgender wage gap\u201d is that women are not being paid less than men for the same job. Women and men <em>earn<\/em> different amounts of money each year, on average, because of how many hours they work, what careers they choose, and whether they take time away from work for things like parenthood. These choices made by men and women lead to different average earnings at the end of the year, but that is not evidence that men and women are <em>paid<\/em> differently.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s list of women claiming to be victims of discrimination included U.S. women\u2019s soccer star Megan Rapinoe, who claimed she is \u201cdisrespected and dismissed\u201d because of her gender, despite getting more media attention than any other American soccer player (male or female) and reportedly being worth millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a member of the LGBTQ community with pink hair, and where I come from, I could have only dreamed of standing in the position I am today at the White House. I\u2019m also a professional athlete, and I\u2019ve helped \u2014 along with all of my teammates virtually here today, one teammate literally here today \u2014 win four World Cup championships and four Olympic gold medals for the United States,\u201d Rapinoe said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/megan-rapinoe-reportedly-worth-millions-claims-she-is-disrespected-and-dismissed-over-gender\">during a speech<\/a> at the White House on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite those wins, I\u2019ve been devalued, I\u2019ve been disrespected and dismissed because I am a woman. I\u2019ve been told that I don\u2019t deserve any more than less because I am a woman. You see, despite all the wins, I\u2019m still paid less than men who do the same job that I do,\u201d she continued. \u201cFor each trophy \u2014 of which there are many \u2014 and for each win, for each tie, and for each time that we play, it\u2019s less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the record, no one has ever told her she deserves less because she\u2019s a woman. It\u2019s frankly annoying to hear celebrities use their exclusive platforms to deliver speeches claiming to have been victimized, when it\u2019s more than clear they have not been.<\/p>\n<p>As I\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/heres-why-womens-soccer-team-isnt-paid-much-mens-ashe-schow\">written<\/a> before, gender is not the reason Rapinoe doesn\u2019t receive the same base salary as her male counterparts. In reality, this difference has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with their respective unions and public interest in the sport. The women\u2019s team receives lower viewership than the men\u2019s team \u2014 except during the World Cup, since the women\u2019s team actually wins and the men\u2019s team doesn\u2019t. This lower viewership results in lower revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Something Rapinoe refuses to mention when claiming victimhood is that her team collectively bargained for the pay they receive. The women\u2019s team also receives a higher percentage of revenue generated for the World Cup than the men\u2019s team \u2014 with benefits like health insurance, a retirement plan, and maternity leave that the men\u2019s team doesn\u2019t receive in exchange for higher base salaries.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the kicker when it comes to Rapinoe\u2019s claims: women\u2019s soccer <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-womens-soccer-team-wants-to-appeal-pay-discrimination-ruling-that-determined-they-rejected-equal-pay\">rejected<\/a><\/em> the equal pay agreement they claim to be denied. The women\u2019s team filed a lawsuit claiming pay discrimination, with the central claim being thrown out in court (other claims in the lawsuit, such as unfair working conditions, were allowed to move forward). U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner wrote in his ruling to dismiss the pay claim that the women made the decision to accept their pay agreements, and therefore cannot complain after realizing they would have made more money if they had the same agreement as the men.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WNT was willing to forgo higher bonuses for benefits, such as greater base compensation and the guarantee of a higher number of contracted players,\u201d Klausner wrote. \u201cAccordingly, plaintiffs cannot now retroactively deem their CBA (collective bargaining agreement) worse than the MNT (men\u2019s national team) CBA by reference to what they would have made had they been paid under the MNT\u2019s pay-to-play terms structure when they themselves rejected such a structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When I first started writing about the gender wage gap myth, Equal Pay Day was at the end of April. That was less than a decade ago, so I\u2019d say there\u2019s been at least some progress given that the day has moved up an entire month.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times reported the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/24\/us\/equal-pay-day-explainer.html\">pay gap<\/a>\u201d has <em>only<\/em> shrunk by 8 cents in 25 years. A few pennies doesn\u2019t sound like much but that is actually a huge change. Twenty-five years ago, the media claimed women earned just 74 cents for every dollar a man earned. Now they allegedly earn 82 cents to the dollar. That means the gap has closed by 30%, which is a pretty significant change.<\/p>\n<p>And that change isn\u2019t the result of any legislation. It\u2019s more likely the result of women starting to choose jobs and careers that are typically dominated by men and pay more money. Those jobs pay more money not because they are typically done by men, but because they are often dangerous, isolated, and require more years of education and training. Many of these high-paying jobs will continue to be dominated by men because women, on average, are more risk averse and prefer to work in jobs that don\u2019t carry the danger of death.<\/p>\n<p>But it seems women <em>are<\/em> starting to enter fields typically dominated by men, and therefore earning more money at the end of the year, thereby closing the gap.<\/p>\n<p>When the Obama White House was accused of having a pay gap, it was able to show that men and women worked different jobs, but were paid the same when they worked the same jobs. This is true throughout the country, though feminists and the media refuse to admit it.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we are subjected to an endless parade of whining from people who at this point <em>have<\/em> to know the truth behind the so-called wage gap, but continue to claim victimhood in order to get attention (and funding).<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equal Pay Day \u2013 the day in the calendar women allegedly have to work until in order to earn as much as a man earned the previous year \u2013 was &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311224,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3822.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Equal Pay Day 2021: Where Do Women Actually Stand?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3822.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Equal Pay Day 2021: Where Do Women Actually Stand?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}