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    ElihuBurrittJoanna Rothkopf
    6/30/16 5:57pm

    I hope Schumer got paid as much as Rogan for these spots. Wouldn’t it be ironic if she got less?

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      Tupiniquim - white cat with hands is all of usElihuBurritt
      6/30/16 6:04pm

      That was the first thing that crossed my mind.

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      Joanna RothkopfElihuBurritt
      6/30/16 6:05pm

      According to Weser, they were paid the same amount.

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    TakahashiJoanna Rothkopf
    6/30/16 9:35pm

    If Anheuser-Busch says that Amy and Seth were paid the same, I’d like to see their respective publicists corroborate that with a concrete dollar figure, i.e. not a range of two figures or a ballpark estimate.

    And if I were Amy, I’d definitely want to know that.

    After all, Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny weren’t paid the same, even though they were doing the same job, and the only reason it came to light is because those two shared the dollar figures with one another. The network certainly wasn’t going to be honest with Gillian. God knows what they told her initially.

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      SohrabTakahashi
      6/30/16 10:50pm

      Did you even read the article? Like even one sentence?

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      TakahashiSohrab
      7/01/16 10:24am

      I did! Imagine that! I don’t see Amy’s or Seth’s publicists mentioned anywhere! Do you?

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    DoubleOJoeJoanna Rothkopf
    6/30/16 5:58pm

    It may be my inherent cynicism coming to the fore, but I can’t help but see any campaign like this as simply a PR stunt with no real momentum behind it to address systemic sexism.

    But on to the jokes! Do you know the difference between Bud Light, Coors Light, and Miller Light?

    The breed of horse.

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      BlueJeansDoubleOJoe
      6/30/16 6:07pm

      My favorite cheap beer joke, especially since I live in the Rockies, is:

      What do Coors Light and sex on the beach have in common?

      They’re both fucking near water.

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      DoubleOJoeBlueJeans
      6/30/16 6:14pm

      I’ve heard the Australian version of that, comparing American beers to sex in a canoe.

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    freshpickedJoanna Rothkopf
    7/01/16 9:52am

    I was recently privy to a document containing the annual earnings of all the executives in my company. We currently only have one female executive. I’ll give you one guess who’s salary was at the bottom of the list.

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      artless.dodgerfreshpicked
      7/01/16 10:17am

      As an accountant, at my last job I was privy to people’s salaries. It’s all well and good to say “salary is commiserate to experience” and such, but when you plan out the annual budget and almost every woman is making less than her male counterparts in every role....

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      Hobby Boolinartless.dodger
      7/01/16 10:24am

      I hope your accounting skill isn’t commensurate with your ability to choose the right words...

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    Murry ChangJoanna Rothkopf
    7/01/16 9:24am

    Very few people who drink Bud Light give two flying fucks about fighting for equal pay.

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      Slow MutantMurry Chang
      7/01/16 11:00am

      Didn’t they have a Super Bowl ad that all but said “Craft beer? That’s for queers”

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      Murry ChangSlow Mutant
      7/01/16 11:06am

      I can’t say, I try to avoid watching Super Bowl commercials.

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    Hero of the PeopleJoanna Rothkopf
    6/30/16 8:25pm

    I don’t think women get paid less than men in general. There may be instances of this, on a micro-level, but I think on the whole HR departments (who are mostly women) based income and benefits on work history, and education.

    If women get paid less than men (.70 cents to the dollar for men), then shouldn’t companies have more women, to keep costs down? Why would they increase their payroll and pension/benefits costs to spite women?

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      RuthSlayderGinsburgHero of the People
      6/30/16 11:04pm

      Because it isn’t HR tenting their fingers and cackling maniacally about how delicious it is to hire women for less pay than men. It’s because sexism causes women to be underestimated and even when they have equivalent skills, to be seen as “inferior” to male peers. Because they’ll probably call out due to their periods and stuff, or “aren’t future management material” for nebulous undefined reasons.

      Or, pay discrimination doesn’t exist and we’re all just silly women crying over nothing. We’re probably just all cycling together or something.

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    ReadirectionJoanna Rothkopf
    6/30/16 7:13pm

    Serious question: what’s wrong with being told to ‘look nice’ for client meetings? If I had an important meeting at work I’d be sure to wear my best suit, tie, shoes, shirt, socks, belt, and pocket square. I’d also make sure I had a fresh hair cut and was wearing cologne. Is there more to it that I’m missing that would be inappropriate to ask a woman to ‘look nice’ ?

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      incandescent_blueReadirection
      6/30/16 11:28pm

      Generally, women are told to look “nice” a lot more than men are. And there are higher, more specific standards for what that means than there are for men.

      That said, of course it’s important to put your best self forward and to dress up if the meeting calls for it.

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      WingardiumFuriosaReadirection
      7/01/16 12:13pm

      I agree that it isn’t inherently wrong, but the context definitely matters.

      Like my professional office is slightly more casual than others. I can get away with sundresses+cardigans and men often wear polo shirts even when it isn’t Friday. Occasionally a company-wide email might go out indicating some important people will be around the building on whatever date so we should make sure to all dress business-professional on that date. I would wear a more tailored dress and the men would make sure to wear button downs and probably would forgo khakis. That is of course a very reasonable request.

      BUT if a woman is being singled out and they are specifically asking her to dress nicely while not directing the request to any of her male coworkers, that seems like a problem.

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    wittee_foolJoanna Rothkopf
    6/30/16 6:33pm

    My mother worked briefly with the CEO of Anheuser-Busch as a trademark attorney about 20 years ago. And she still remembers, and will tell you vociferously, that the CEO was a misogynistic asshole of the highest level. I’ve never heard her refer to any other former client that way.

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