Millionaire soccer player speaks hard truths about inequality and being marginalized

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right.

George Orwell, he/his/him

President Joe Biden met with soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe and other members of the U.S. women's national soccer team Wednesday at the White House to mark Equal Pay Day. Rapinoe had earlier testified in front of the House Oversight Committee, where she urged lawmakers to take immediate action to address the gender pay gap.

In 2021, March 24 marks how long women have to work on average to earn what their male counterparts did in 2020. The U.S. women's national team has won four World Cup championships and four Olympic gold medals — and set a record of 1.12 billion viewers for their 2019 Women's World Cup win, according to FIFA — but the team is still paid less than male counterparts. A federal judge dismissed the team's equal pay lawsuit last year. They've vowed to appeal.

"You see, despite all the wins, I'm still paid less than men who do the same job that I do", Rapinoe said during remarks at the White House. "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. And I know there are millions of people who are marginalized by gender in the world", and experienced even worse, she added.

"The reality though is that in nearly every job, more than 90% of the occupations, women still earn less than men. Eighty-two cents on the dollar, on average", the president said. "The pay gap is real".

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Millionaire soccer player speaks hard truths about inequality and being marginalized

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