Based on what’s in my inbox right now, people seem to be a little confused about this post I reblogged earlier, and added commentary to.
- 77 cents is not the average of all women’s pay. 77 cents is in fact what white women make to the dollar.
- Oddly enough, in my queue, I had this post, which posted right before I reblogged that Think Progress post.
- 77 cents = white women only
- White women should not be the default, but they often are referred to as “women” and much like in this Think Progress post, WoC, are an afterthought - and as shown, so are their pay gaps.
- White women should not be the default.
- Women should mean women. All women. Full-stop.
3 months ago on January 29, 2013 at 03:10pm
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zaewen reblogged this from feminishblog and added:
No, actually, 77 cents is the average of women’s pay. White women make 80.5 cents (as of 2010) to a man’s dollar. So,...
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inquisitivebibliophile said:
That’s the only way to increase awareness—to keep talking about it. I know TP meant well giving that wage gap information, but they could have taken 2 minutes to edit and present it in a better way.
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