Episode #112 - To Honor the Strength of Women
This episode should never happen.
Simply because I am discussing a topic that shouldn’t happen, a societal horror story that exists and a struggle that is much harder than it ever should be.
Equal treatment for women.
Just in some basic research, the statistics are staggering and nauseating (Source: Marie Claire, October 2019)
At Fortune 500 companies, women currently account for just 25.4 percent of board members and 6.6 percent of CEOs.
Although women make up nearly 51 percent of the U.S. population, only 25 percent of the Senate and 23 percent of the House.
Women in the U.S. working full- and part-time make 85 percent of what their male counterparts earn, according to the Pew Research Center. In other words, women would need to work an extra 40 days a year to make as much as men. It's an even grimmer picture overseas: Women worldwide make 77 percent of the amount paid to men.
Women pay more for common household items than men do.
And it gets even worse for women of a minority classification.
Black women have to work 19 months to make what white men did in a year, according to the National Women's Law Center. That number is even steeper for Hispanic women, the center found.
The statistics around sexual harassment, exploitation and coercion are rage inducing.
In this episode, I discuss the need for heightened respect for women across numerous channels as well as the need for men to be more vocally, collectively, in our support of women’s equality. (Let’s talk Brad Pitt, Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson.)
Do you have a topic you'd like me to discuss? Do you want to share your story? Do you know someone who has a fantastic story to share?
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