Gender Pay Gap: Behind Patricia Arquette's Oscar Speech

Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette highlighted an injustice that exists in Hollywood, the same as in almost every other industry: the pay disparity between men and women. Photo: AP/Invision

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[MisandryOrg]

These statistics have been debunked many times--yet you have the audacity to stand there and repeat them. You are a talking head, not a journalist.

from the WSJ commentary page:

Washington's Equal Pay Obsession
There's no epidemic of gender discrimination. So why is Congress proposing another law?
By JUNE E. O'NEILL
Updated Nov. 16, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET
Women in the workplace don't face rampant pay discrimination, and yet the Senate may soon pass a bill—already passed in the House—premised on the erroneous charge that they do. The Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA) would be a harmful addition to the many federal laws that already protect women and men from labor-market discrimination.

[bobbyhunne]

ladies if you think ur paid less take your pay slip to a lawyer and see what they tell you

these feminists need to learn the definition of the word "counterpart".

[rubenmsellati]

Vous pouvez m’expliquer ce qu’elle dit

[vanessaabbas]

In the world of Hollywood, the pay gap certainly exists and it is tens of millions of dollars wide.

[DougUnfunny]

so if we have pay gap should male pornstars make as much as female preformers or how about every male of female competitor who fought on a undercard of a rhonda rousey fight should get paid the same as rhonda right? the entertainment industry is not a 9 to 5 workspace.

[JimbyFlips]

Bonsoir je suis ici pour une compréhension orale pas pour que eminem fasse un speech n’hésitez pas à respirer aussi c’est gratuit ça mais tranquille bref on vous aime

[adambinnie]

I don't think ordinary women in the world are concerned about why actresses don't get the same amount of millions as their fellow actors..

[willr]

Also why is it considered a good thing that female store clerks are paid more. Have they even thought about the reasons for that, and the implications that has on their pay gap myth

[SavageInstitute]

This is like a little kid saying my big brother makes more money than me... putting his hand... yet not concerned with why he is paid less.  smh

#8yearsoldsdude

[professionalbystander]

They're so out of touch. Have these pampered actors been to the real world lately? You still have more than average people out here. Cry about it.

[Thetiruguy]

Stop begging.
People pay according to what business they can get

[vnayak]

Why don't they hire only females to do all jobs and save more money and gain profit high👌😁