Wage Gap

Rapper Snoop Dogg is incensed that the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team members aren’t paid the same amount as men and released a pointed video message: “Man, PAY THEM LADIES.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Williams, who has seen firsthand the disparity in men and women’s pay, joined lawmakers and activists Tuesday in the Capitol to support the principle of equal pay for equal work.

Tech giant Google has denied that they pay their female workers less than their male employees as lawsuits against the company continue to grow in number.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.org has launched an “equal pay” campaign that claims “women are still paid 20 percent less than men, on average, in the United States.”

Despite what you’re seeing on every cable network, on the cover of every newspaper, and as the lead story on every website, the White House has an important message for women and it isn’t about terrorism and radical Islam. It’s about “gender inequality” in America.

Women, people of color, and people who identify as LGBT will be treated to discounted tickets at the upcoming Cinder Block Comedy Festival in New York City, while straight white men have to pay more to attend.

It’s a huge dilemma for progressives: on the one hand, it’s terribly patriarchal for a man to pay for a woman’s dinner. On the other hand, the gender pay gap of feminist mythology holds that women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man. So isn’t the failure to pay just another contribution to structural sexism?

Three radical feminist lawyers from the UN visited the United States for ten days, ending December 11. Sent as investigators of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women, their report shows they are not very happy.

In an interview with Business Insider, Jeremy Renner (who, along with Cooper, reportedly earned more money than Lawrence on Hustle) said it was not an actor’s duty to participate in salary negotiations.

Bradley Cooper is making moves to address Hollywood’s gender pay gap. While gender inequality has been a hot button issue, particularly in the wake of last year’s Sony Hack, Cooper announced last week he is taking a stand. The star told Reuters he will negotiate his pay alongside his female co-stars in all future projects, Glamour reports.

Hollywood stars, including Bradley Cooper and feminist activist Emma Watson, have praised Hollywood’s highest-paid leading lady this week for speaking out against the industry’s gender wage gap. Friday, Hillary Clinton joined the conversation.

California’s newly-enacted Equal Pay Act could have a far-reaching impact on the compensation practices of top Hollywood film and television production studios.