Jezebel: Equal Pay

The Most Glittery Declarations From the State of the Union

Erin Gloria Ryan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST

Last night, the Powers that Be gathered in Washington DC for the annual Nerd Oscars— the President's State of the Union address. There were ties in primary colors, John Boehner's aggressively orange skin, that hug between the President and Gabrielle Giffords that made everyone cry, plenty of clapping, and more standing and sitting than a Catholic mass. But, of course, what matters isn't what everyone wore, but what Obama said, and he said some very pretty things. More »

A Visual Analysis Of The Crappy Wage Gap

Irin Carmon — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:45:00 EDT

Happy Equal Pay Day! Let's, um, "celebrate" the wage gap with some visual ways to understand what it is and why it exists. You can also check out Marlo Thomas's take on the progress from her 59-cent pin, and how far we still have to go. Or you can watch it put to song, Gaga style. More »

What You Need To Know About The Paycheck Fairness Act

Irin Carmon — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:07:00 EST

This morning, the Paycheck Fairness Act is on the Senate's agenda, having already passed the House. What is it, and what will it do? More »

You Don't Want To Know What's In Your Cosmetics.

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:24:00 EDT

Just to reiterate what you probably already suspected: everything from sunscreen to mascara is chock full o' dangerous chemicals. Lead in lipstick, carcinogens in baby shampoo... the list goes on and on.

First Women Get The Money, Then They Get The Power

Anna North — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:20:00 EDT

We often call for more gender equality in the economy and the workplace, but it's not always clear what that would mean. In the Times, one woman lays it out: "Only money will give women power." More »

Does The Wage Gap Really Exist?

Anna North — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:30:00 EDT

Naysayers will tell you the gender wage gap is entirely a result of women choosing different professions, or that it's ceased to exist at all. Finally, there's a concise explainer to debunk these claims and give us some real numbers. More »

"It Is Mostly Women's Fault:" Helpful And Unhelpful Advice For Women At Work

Anna North — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:00:00 EST

The recession could be an opportunity to redesign the landscape of American work in a way that's fairer to both men and women. Unfortunately, some people want to stick with the status quo. More »

Cindy Crawford On Feminism, Modeling

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST

Cindy Crawford: "I think the girls that are models now, that's just their body. Did fashion celebrate thinness more? That's a different question. And you can't fault the models for that." But what about eating disorders? More »

Why Does Forbes Measure Women's Influence, Not Wealth?

LatoyaPeterson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EDT

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Forbes magazine loves to track the wealthy. It has lists dedicated to billionaires, top earning CEOs, and top-earning dead celebrities. So why, when it comes to the new list about women, have editors decided to use the vague metric "influence?" More »

Astronauts Suit Up For Vuitton; The Kaiser Actually Hates Swans

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

One of Annie Leibovitz's Louis Vuitton ads with astronauts Sally Ride, Buzz Aldrin, and Jim Lovell is out. (Gorby was busy that weekend.) [WWD]
Karl Lagerfeld: "Ballet is an extraordinary art: this torture of the body to make something so graceful. All this hard work, to look effortless."

The More Equality The (Led)Better

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:20:00 EST

Were you excited to see the Ledbetter Act signed? Emily Douglas at The American Prospect has one good reason (The Paycheck Fairness Act) that you need to not rest on those laurels. [American Prospect] More »

Sexism Pays: Men With "Traditional" Views Earn More

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:30:00 EDT

The income gap between men and women may actually be a gap between men with a traditional outlook on gender roles and everyone else. A new study finds that men who believe in traditional roles for women make more money than men who don't. The wage gap between men who think they should be making more than women was 10 times as large as the pay gap between men and women with more egalitarian views. Women with more egalitarian views don't make much more than women with traditional views, so both groups are equally screwed. "When workers' attitudes become more traditional, women's earnings relative to men suffer greatly," says study co-author Timothy Judge, an organizational psychologist at the University of Florida. "When attitudes become more egalitarian, the pay gap nearly disappears." More »

Woman To Woman: How To Get The Money You Want And Deserve

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:00:00 EDT

The world is not a fair place, I think we all know that. And in this not-fair world, on the average, American women earn 80 percent of what American men earn. When UK Equality Minister Harriet Harman recently called for employers to disclose wage disparities, plenty of people were willing to say that women choose to make less then men in order to spend more time with their kids or to seek less professional, more personal fulfillments. But even beyond the issue of supposed choice, studies by and large show that women don't negotiate on salary as successfully as men for a variety of reasons, which might also contribute to the wage gap. Wondering how to take that particular bull by the horns? As someone who always got hired to break heads instead of be diplomatic, I have some tips. More »