March 31 2019

Equal Pay Day: Join the Conversation Online

featuring Michele Vogt

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Speak up! Post these messages, videos, and graphics to social media and make your voice heard.

Hashtags to include: #EqualPayDay #EqualPay

Tag us so we can RT/Share your post:
@IWF (Twitter)
@IndependentWomensForum (Facebook)
@IndependentWomensForum (Instagram)

Graphics to include with ANY Twitter, Facebook or Instagram posts are included at the bottom of this post and found here.

SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS

• The raw #WageGap is often misinterpreted to suggest widespread wage discrimination against women. FACT: Wage discrimination is illegal in the U.S. and has been since 1963 when the #EqualPayAct was signed into law. #EqualPayDay #EqualPay http://bit.ly/2qa7Fiu

• FACT: Pay discrimination is illegal in the U.S. thanks to the #EqualPayAct of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. #WageGap #EqualPay #EqualPayDay http://bit.ly/2qa7Fiu

• There are a lot of ridiculous holidays—“International Talk Like a Pirate Day” & “Have a Party With Your Bear Day.” #EqualPayDay is something worse. It’s a misleading effort designed to make women feel like they’re all, inevitably, short-changed. That’s not the case.

• #EqualPayDay is a misleading interpretation of wage data. The #WageGap is a comparison of averages that doesn't take into account variables like profession, education, experience, benefits, work conditions or hours. https://youtu.be/z1Qd_ZIh2W4

• The #WageGap is not a measure of “equal pay for equal work.” Instead, it’s largely a reflection of individual choices about work. #EqualPayDay #EqualPay https://youtu.be/z1Qd_ZIh2W4

• The raw #WageGap is mostly driven by factors like occupation, experience, hours, etc., NOT discrimination. #EqualPayDay #EqualPay http://bit.ly/2qa7Fiu

• The #WageGap is largely driven by career choices.
  • Women work fewer hours than men.
  • Women more often work in lower-paying professions.
  • Women and men make different choices in education and training.
  #EqualPayDay #EqualPay http://bit.ly/2qa7Fiu

• Everyone believes in #EqualPayForEqualWork, but the #WageGap doesn't compare men and women with the same jobs, experience, training, or hours. #EqualPayDay #EqualPay https://youtu.be/z1Qd_ZIh2W4

• Every family is different, but the #WageGap is largely driven by the different roles women and men serve in their families. Nothing is wrong with these choices! #EqualPayDay #EqualPay http://bit.ly/2qa7Fiu

• Women do a ton of unpaid work, like caring for our homes and children. But, when it comes to paid work, we clock fewer hours on average, contributing to the #WageGap. #EqualPayDay #EqualPay http://bit.ly/2qa7Fiu

• On #EqualPayDay, it's important not to mislead women and girls. The #WageGap is a measure of outcomes, not opportunity, and certainly not discrimination. Our choices about work are in our own hands. #EqualPay http://bit.ly/2qa7Fiu

DOWNLOAD THESE GRAPHICS TO ADD TO YOUR POSTS ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM

To upload a graphic on social media:

1. Right click on an image below and click "save image as..." OR click on the image, redirected to the high resolution image and download

2. Upload to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and grab one of the sample social media posts above

OTHER RESOURCES TO SHARE:

FACT SHEET

• Takeaways: What Drives the Wage Gap?

VIDEOS:

• #ASKIWF mini video series

• Equal Pay Day is not an accurate picture of how America works

BLOGS/OPEDS:

• Equal Pay Day's lies: Insulting logic, a misleading statistic

• Every day is Equal Pay Day

• Why Didn't President Obama Close The Wage Gap?

• Questioning The Equal Pay Day Narrative

• IWF is Setting the Record Straight on #EqualPayDay

• Equal Pay Day: There's a Lot of Hypocrisy Out There

• Does the wage gap apply to millennial women?

• 5 Drivers of the Pay Gap - They Are Not Gender Discrimination

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