Equal Pay Day Pandering
Looks like President Joe Biden lied repeatedly to his daughters and granddaughters.
He admitted as much during an Equal Pay Day event at the White House yesterday where Biden said he told his girls that, “there is not a single thing a man can do that a woman can’t do as well or better.
“Not a single thing.”
Really? How about deadlifting, Joe? Can women do that as well as men?
Last time I checked, the record for men was 1,104.52 pounds set by Iceland’s Hafthor “Thor” Bjornsson in March of 2020.
The best a woman could do was Becca Swanson’s 683 pounds. The Nebraska woman is strong, but Thor would squash her like a lady bug.
How about running, Joe? Are women as fast as men?
Usain “Lightning” Bolt runs 100 meters in 9.58 seconds.
The woman’s record was set in 1988 by Florence “FloJo” Joyner when she crossed the tape at 10.49 seconds.
And let’s not forget that in 2017 the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team - who happened to be at the White House yesterday moaning about their “unequal” pay - lost to a boy’s Under 15 team in Dallas, 5-2.
Yes, I know, it wasn’t an official match and the women players hate being reminded of that loss, but it happened.
Maybe the ladies were taking it easy on the boys. Then again, that would mean they’re not as competitive as men.
Yet, Megan Rapinoe, professional soccer player/professional victim was griping mightily yesterday.
"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. Despite all the wins, I'm still paid less than men who do the same job that I do,” she said.
It’s tempting to fire back with something like Ben Shapiro did: “If you do the same job, join the men’s league and prove it. After all, gender is just a social construct.”
But I don’t want to be snarky.
An in-depth 2019 piece headlined “Are U.S. Women’s Soccer Players Really Earning Less Than Men?” The Washington Post’s Meg Kelly said the answer is complicated.
“It’s tough to make a straightforward comparison of the earnings for men and women players, because the two teams have different collective-bargaining agreements that outline different pay structures.
A contract player on the women’s team makes a base salary and can earn performance-based bonuses. (Players without a contract have a different pay schedule.)
The teams play different numbers of games each year and earn different bonuses depending on the game type, their opponents’ FIFA rank and the game’s outcome. On top of that, both teams can earn additional bonuses for winning specific tournaments. And certain events, such as the World Cup, have a separate bonus structure entirely…
Michael McCann, a Sports Illustrated writer and University of New Hampshire law professor, said: “USWNT players and U.S. Soccer have offered contradictory narratives over whether USWNT players are paid more based on revenue generation attributed to their play. To the extent degree of revenue generation influences any pay increases, the two sides will need to find common ground on how that topic is empirically measured…”
“The male players are paid when they play, but not when they sit,” McCann said. “USMNT players must thus be on the roster to be pay eligible. USWNT players, in contrast, are guaranteed pay.”
I think women are great. Hey, I’m one of them. And I don’t watch soccer no matter who’s playing.
But Joe Biden is wrong. There are things men do better than women. And there are things women do better than men.
Someone tell the president to stop lying and pandering. Most of all, stop patronizing women.
