Another belated post: Equal Pay Day

Looks like I forgot to mention that yesterday was Equal Pay Day. My bad.
Check out Amy Joyce’s Washington Post column, Now It’s Time For Women To Get Even for inspiration and to debunk the myth that the pay gap doesn’t exist:

So let’s just get this straight right now, says [economist Evelyn] Murphy: That 23-cent differential is not because some women take time off to give birth or raise children. The pay-gap figure measures only women and men who work full time, for a full year. It does not include women who took time off during the year or worked part time.
But don’t women earn less over time because they might more often take time off to give birth or raise a child? According to Murphy, that’s an incredibly lame argument. Most women who can take time off and go back to work full-time earn more in the first place. Any drop in salary they might experience would not pull the average down, she argues. (Emphasis mine)

Murphy is the author of of “Getting Even: Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men — and What to Do About It.” Get more information on the pay gap and action you can take at Murphy’s website, the WAGE project.