Quotes by Equal Pay Equal pay for equal work continues to be seen as applying to equal pay for men and women in the same occupation, while the larger point of continuing relevance in our day is that some occupations have depressed wages because women are the chief employee. The former is a pattern of sex discrimination, the latter of institutionalized sexism. Alice S Rossi equal-pay men sex I am an adamant feminist. It never occurred to me to take my husband's name when we married. I am a supporter of abortion rights, of equal pay for equal work, of the rights of women prisoners, of all the time-honored feminist causes, and then some. Ayelet Waldman equal-pay husband names Today, women make up about half our workforce. But they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, it’s an embarrassment. Women deserve equal pay for equal work. Barack Obama equal-pay dollars men Women deserve equal pay for equal work. Barack Obama equal-pay equal pay Women can't wait for equal pay. And I won't stop fighting to address this inequality. Barack Obama equal-pay feminist fighting We’re going to foment our own revolution. So I say to the women out there in America, let’s keep this fight going! Put on your lipstick, square your shoulders, suit up, and let’s fight for a new American revolution where women are paid equal pay for equal work, and let’s end wage discrimination in this century once and for all! Barbara Mikulski equal-pay fighting squares [During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight. Barbara Mikulski equal-pay passages fighting I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman. Barbara Walters sin-city equal-pay atheist President Obama is also standing up for women in North Carolina and across our country. He has helped women fight for equal pay for equal work; he has fought to guarantee that women have access to quality, affordable health care, including making sure that insurance plans cover birth control with no out-of-pocket cost. Bev Perdue equal-pay fighting country We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn't a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 percent of what the average working man makes. But unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change. Beyonce Knowles equal-pay men reality I want a Zero Tolerance policy on All The Patriarchal Bullshit. Caitlin Moran equal-pay bullshit zero Republicans absolutely support equal pay for equal work. Cathy McMorris Rodgers equal-pay republican support All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care. Christopher Dodd equal-pay quality should-have During her Oscar acceptance speech, Patricia Arquette called for equal pay for women. Then Oprah stood up and said, 'She's right, I can't live like this. I can't take another second of this living hell.' Conan O'Brien equal-pay speech acceptance A man is still likely to earn more money than a woman, even one doing the same job. You have a far better chance of entering political office or becoming a company director... Women are responsible for two thirds of the work done worldwide, yet earn only 10% of the total income and own 1% of the property... So, are we equals? Until the answer is yes, we must never stop asking. Daniel Craig equal-pay jobs men Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of sex is a matter of simple justice Dwight D. Eisenhower equal-pay simple sex I want to be blunt: We should not be fighting about equal pay for equal work, and access to birth control, in 2012. These issues were resolved years ago - until the Republicans brought them back. Elizabeth Warren equal-pay issues fighting The reality is that if we do nothing it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly a hundred before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work. Emma Watson equal-pay men reality All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities ... the list goes on! Frances O'Grady equal-pay caring responsibility I was born in Chicago, but I was raised in a town called Jackson, Tennessee. And a lot of these changes that were necessary and talked about it as important have been made, like, people go to school where they want to go. They work for equal pay, they work for - they can go school and have an equal shot at a job. Gil Scott-Heron equal-pay jobs school 1234»