U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe and others joined President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden in person Wednesday as the couple hosted an event to mark Equal Pay Day, which dozens of U.S. women’s national team players joined virtually.
“I’ve been devalued, I’ve been disrespected and dismissed because I am a woman. I’ve been told that I don’t deserve any more than less because I am a woman,” Rapinoe said. “Despite all the wins, I’m still paid less than men who do the same job that I do. For each trophy, of which there are many, and for each win, for each tie and for each time that we play, it’s less.
“I know there are millions of people who are marginalized by gender in the world, and experience the same thing in their jobs. And I know there are people who experience even more, where the layers of discrimination continue to stack against them. And I and my teammates are here for them. We on the women’s national team today are here because of them.”
Most agreed with her, while Rachel Bush decided to deliver a truth bomb on the situation.
The wife of Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer said the women should find ways to get more viewers and then maybe they could have an argument about getting more money.
“Honestly, and this is coming from a strong independent woman, have these women considered the fact that less viewers = less pay? I don’t know, seems like a simple concept to me. Find ways to raise views then we can argue for higher wages.”
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“& this tweet is not belittling her, female athletes, or females in general. I grew up an athlete, I played multiple sports. Sometimes more than one during a season. To be an athlete is hard work and takes a lot of dedication, effort and time. So miss me w that. Just stating facts”
“Also, this tweet came from the business section in my brain lol I think in economic terms as well, so just seems like a 2+2 issue for me thinking in this way.”
“Now, if we broke it down to a per view/ a dollar stand point and looked at those statistics (not sure if someone has done this yet) they might have a compelling argument.”
Rapinoe became a topic of conversation a few years ago when she became one of the first athletes to join Colin Kaepernick and his activism for racial equality by kneeling during the National Anthem.
