The Wage Gap And Women’s Choices

April 8th, 2011 Barry Deutsch Posted in Economic cartoons, Feminist cartoons | Comments Off

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The scene: Two women talk. One wears a black skirt, the other has a ponytail. Panel one BLACK SKIRT: the WAGE GAP has nothing to do with SEXISM! women are paid less because they make different CHOICES. Panel two BLACK SKIRT: HAVING A FAMILY, for example. many women take time off from work to take care of children or elderly relatives… Panel three BLACK SKIRT: so women work less. or work part-time. or need more flexible jobs. and as a result, they get paid less. but what does that have to do with SEXISM? Panel four PONYTAIL: couldn’t MEN do half of that unpaid work? BLACK SKIRT: that’s CRAZY TALK! Panel four, tiny subpanel in the corner PONYTAIL: okay, i’ll let someone ELSE raise my kids. BLACK SKIRT: what kind of LOUSY mother does THAT?