Teen Vogue reported Wednesday that Iceland just made history by becoming the first nation to make equal pay for men and women a law, and now they’re asking for the United States to follow suit.
Okay, do the U.S. next! https://t.co/wL9GABBWmK
— Teen Vogue (@TeenVogue) January 3, 2018
They made history? But didn’t President John F. Kennedy sign the Equal Pay Act into law mandating exactly that?
Narrator: They did, it was called the Equal Pay Act of 1963… https://t.co/mfSYpdE9ur
— Paul Sacca (@Paul_Sacca) January 4, 2018
THEY DID. ABOUT 60 YEARS AGO https://t.co/RGDRoP6lYh
— An Actual Feminist Coomer (@TheCartoonLoon) January 3, 2018
Only been that way for decades already ?? https://t.co/7WvGcvVS9F
— Andy (@andyecfc) January 3, 2018
It's already illegal though ? https://t.co/Cxu1Dwi3oF
— someweebwatchingcartoons (@agoobagoo) January 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/KesaraRiku/status/948702550001295360
Yeah JFK signed that into law half a century before teen vogue existed https://t.co/nPU7hZUvP1
— Mista Supa Dave #WithTheYEEAAAH ???? (@Pet_The_Bridge) January 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/Becky_L_Stout/status/948692077881196550
Imagine my surprise a teen girl's magazine doesnt know about the equal pay act of 1963. https://t.co/DvUZP7gGXG
— Tom (@Ph1llyTom) January 3, 2018
A teen girl’s magazine that was just guest-edited by none other than Hillary Clinton … who would have been paid the same as Donald Trump if that whole run for president had worked out.
https://twitter.com/Ustek_Orb/status/948643943289417728
EQUAL PAY ACT OF 1963 JESUS CHRIST https://t.co/Nt1um0yeY5
— Madelynn (@shutupmadelynn) January 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/NahFamIdontPlay/status/948678587489669121
Should somebody tell them? https://t.co/MFEKL71dCR
— The First Member of the DK Crew (@WillardFilmore) January 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/FactoidFerret/status/948679615081537536
Facts are hard. It's ok Teen Vogue, you'll get it right next time! https://t.co/68xdl84LdI
— Patrick (Pats 10-1) [Pats Defending Champs btw] (@Fenstick) January 3, 2018
But, like they say in the piece, poor Today Show host Hoda Kotb made $18 million less per year than Matt Lauer … and the only possible reason could be the gender difference.
This is why we laugh at you.
Ready?
— MetalGearOpz87 (@killerbee2641) January 3, 2018
Might as well laugh at Patricia Arquette while we’re at it.
#Iceland Setting the stage to be the 1st Nation on Earth to eliminate the gender wage gap & #timesupnow Is starting 2018 off right! ?
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) January 2, 2018
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Update:
Hey look, socialist Bernie Sanders even made a little movie about it and added some bogus stats too.
Iceland just became the first country in the world to make it illegal to pay men more than women. In the United States in 2016, black women made 62.5 cents on the dollar compared to white men and hispanic women made 54.4 cents. That is a disgrace. pic.twitter.com/y2sxSWYVrm
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/948749652773421056
https://twitter.com/notwokieleaks/status/948747956617994240
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Shadow president Hillary Clinton super jazzed to be guest-editing Teen Vogue
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