April 10th, 2018, was Equal Pay Day in the United States, the symbolic day dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap. The date marks how far into the year a woman has to work to make the same as a man did in the previous year. Despite being sometimes thought of as a myth, the gender pay gap has been proved to be real by a multitude of studies and data sets. Many people used the hashtag #EqualPayDay on Twitter to show their support for the cause, from politicians to celebrities.
It's not a radical idea to say that women should get equal pay for equal work and the same economic opportunities as men. This is an issue of basic justice. #EqualPayDay
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 10, 2018
👨🏿🚀👨🎨👩✈️👨🏼🔬👰🏽👨🏻💼👨💻👩🏾🎓👩🏼🌾👩🏻🎨👩🏾🔧👷🏻♀Support Equal Pay Day and let’s put a stop to this madness!#EqualPayDay pic.twitter.com/HSqJnlTwDP
— Gal Gadot (@GalGadot) April 10, 2018
Today is #EqualPayDay, which is a day that honestly 👏 should 👏 not 👏 exist. 👏 Here are some depressing stats about the wage gap that we need to talk about over and over again and work towards fixing. pic.twitter.com/eetkhkJPs6
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) April 10, 2018
HBO says they took a look at its gender pay gaps and fixed every discrepancy within their shows due to #TimesUp https://t.co/CqrurQwUEh
— Vulture (@vulture) April 9, 2018
Although, despite the facts and data regarding the pay difference between males and females in America, many people do not believe that the wage gap is a real thing. Opposers took to Twitter to tweet their disapproval of the day.
There's nothing companies care about more than keeping labor costs low. If you could legally pay women less than men for the same work then companies would only hire women. The wage gap is a myth. #EqualPayDay
— The Gay Republican (@GayRepublicSwag) April 10, 2018
The "gender pay gap" is a myth. Do feminists really believe men are paid more than woman who work just as hard as each other at the same exact job? #EqualPayDay
— Makada 🇺🇸 (@_Makada_) April 10, 2018