--- title: 'Ms Monopoly' Rewrites the Rules So Women Earn More Than Men description: Female players will receive $240 when they pass go, while males will get $200 canonical: https://time.com/5673875/ms-monopoly-female-empowerment-gender-pay-gap/ author: Hillary Leung article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-11T09:27:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:13.457Z og:title: 'Ms Monopoly' Rewrites the Rules So Women Earn More Than Men og:description: Female players will get $20 more than males when they pass "go" og:url: https://time.com/5673875/ms-monopoly-female-empowerment-gender-pay-gap/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01706417c3df0618/698a02a3b3fce3df7b0c583f/monopoly-game.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: monopoly-game.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Ms Monopoly' Rewrites the Rules So Women Earn More Than Men twitter:description: Female players will get $20 more than males when they pass "go" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01706417c3df0618/698a02a3b3fce3df7b0c583f/monopoly-game.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Ms Monopoly' Rewrites the Rules So That Female Players Make More Money Than Males by [Hillary Leung](https://time.com/author/hillary-leung/) ## Hillary Leung Sep 11, 2019 9:27 AM UTC  A Monopoly game board is seen in Fairfax, Calif. A Monopoly game board is seen in Fairfax, Calif.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Hillary Leung](https://time.com/author/hillary-leung/) ## Hillary Leung Sep 11, 2019 9:27 AM UTC In Monopoly, if not real life, women now earn more than men. The popular board game has released a [new edition](https://news.yahoo.com/ms-monopoly-women-more-men-221700529.html;%5Fylt=AwrXnCDGRXhdfRsAAjfQtDMD;%5Fylu=X3oDMTEyMzVuNWlzBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjc1MDZfMQRzZWMDc3I-) that swaps its traditional mascot—real estate mogul “Rich Uncle Pennybags”—for his niece, who invests in female entrepreneurs. The rules have been rewritten in “Ms Monopoly” so that female players start out with more cash than their male counterparts, and earn more money each time they pass “go,” according to _Agence France-Presse_. “Hasbro, Inc. is introducing the [first-ever game](https://newsroom.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-introduces-ms-monopoly-first-game-franchise-celebrates) in the Monopoly franchise that celebrates women trailblazers with Ms Monopoly,” a company press release published Tuesday read. Instead of purchasing property, in the new, socially-conscious game, players will invest in inventions created by women, including WiFi, solar heating and chocolate chip cookies. “We want to recognize and celebrate the many contributions women have made to our society and continue to make on a daily basis,” said Jen Boswinkel, Senior Director of Global Brand Strategy and Marketing. The reworking of the classic game casts a spotlight on the [gender pay gap](https://time.com/5562171/pay-gap-survey-equal-pay-day/). Most estimates say that women earn somewhere between [79%](https://www.dol.gov/wb/media/gender%5Fwage%5Fgap.pdf) and [85%](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/03/22/gender-pay-gap-facts/) compared to men working comparable jobs. While the gap has gotten smaller, progress [has stalled](https://www.dol.gov/wb/resources/breaking%5Fdown%5Fwage%5Fgap.pdf) in recent years, according to the Department of Labor. Ms Monopoly’s debut follows Hasbro’s release of the lighthearted [Monopoly for Millennials](https://time.com/5455376/millennial-monopoly/) last year, which featured experiences such as eating at a vegan bistro and doing a meditation retreat. The parody version [Monopoly Socialism](https://time.com/5658872/hasbro-monopoly-socialism/) put a satirical spin on the capitalist board game, but garnered mixed reactions. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5673875/ms-monopoly-female-empowerment-gender-pay-gap/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5673875/ms-monopoly-female-empowerment-gender-pay-gap/"},"headline":"'Ms Monopoly' Rewrites the Rules So That Female Players Make More Money Than Males","datePublished":"2019-09-11T09:27:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:13.457Z","description":"Female players will receive $240 when they pass go, while males will get $200","url":"https://time.com/5673875/ms-monopoly-female-empowerment-gender-pay-gap/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Games","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01706417c3df0618/698a02a3b3fce3df7b0c583f/monopoly-game.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Hillary Leung","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/hillary-leung/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01706417c3df0618/698a02a3b3fce3df7b0c583f/monopoly-game.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"monopoly-game.jpg","caption":"Hasbro Announces New Monopoly Playing Figure","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5673875/ms-monopoly-female-empowerment-gender-pay-gap/","name":"'Ms Monopoly' Rewrites the Rules So That Female Players Make More Money Than Males"}}]}] ```