#WithoutTheWageGapIWould Shows What Women Would Buy With Extra Cash

April 8, 2014 6:14 PM EDT

Updated at 9:20 ET on April 9

It’s been a really good week for wage equality. First, Obama announced two measures to help close the gender wage gap among federal workers. And, in honor of what’s dubbed “Equal Pay Day,” (April 8) thousands took to Twitter using the #withoutthewagegapiwould to share what they would do with the extra cash if there were no difference between what women and men earn for comparable jobs.

The hashtag was started by Elizabeth Plank and Soraya Chemaly in their PolicyMic piece on what women could do with all that extra cash.

#WithoutTheWageGapIWould not be working my 5th minimum wage job in a row with predominately female coworkers.
— 🪩altdairy queen🪩 (@BrennaME) April 8, 2014

#WithoutTheWageGapIWould women in domestic violence situations would be in better financial stability to escape w/ kids #equalpayday2014
— Sarah "too online" Rowe (@StegoSarahs) April 8, 2014

Even dude feminists chimed in:

#WithoutTheWageGapIWould know that salary and rewards for my hard work is based on merit and not on a system that favors white men.
— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) April 8, 2014

The irony is that women would never treat men as unequal as men treat women. #WithoutTheWageGapIWould
— Nicholas Ferroni (@NicholasFerroni) April 8, 2014

(Is it just me, or does this all sound really good for the economy?)

[h/t PolicyMic]

This Is What Women Would Do If They Were Paid the Same As Men

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