“Sliding Scale Bake Sale” Reveals Plight of World’s Women
March 29, 2009 by Border Explorer
I attended a local event at the Women’s Intercultural Center for Women’s History Month/International Women’s Day that paired a special movie screening with a “sliding scale bake sale.” Cupcakes and drinks cost a dollar each. But women got a special deal: those without children paid $.90, married moms paid $.73, and single moms paid $.60 for those same $1.00 items.
A sign explained what was happening:
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“WHY THE DIFFERENT PRICES?
We don’t mean to discriminate. But this is a
SLIDING SCALE BAKE SALE
The prices reflect the REAL WAGE GAP
between men, women, and women with children.
Even today, for each dollar that a man earns, a woman can expect to earn $.90, a married mom can expect to earn $.73, and a single mom can expect to earn $.60.
If this seems unfair at a bake sale, imagine how it feels in the real world, WHERE RENT AND FOOD ARE NOT SOLD ON A SLIDING SCALE.
Info source: www.momsrising.org”
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cross posted on The Peace Tree
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That’s really a good way to bring the wrongness into the light. Now…if it were done at the local shopping center as a benefit more folks could see whats going on. I hope this idea catches on and more do it. At places away from the women’s center events settings where it’s preaching to a choir.
Thanks for this post.
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What a wonderful comment! Thank you so much!
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I second that post on the comment on the article.
AT’s suggestion is exactly right, and indeed, more men need to step into the little lady’s shoes for a minute, perhaps skipping the high heels, and start talking about this as they would, were they the ones being cheated.
Hey, I got an idea; Let’s start these “bake sales” at a couple of those “quiverfull” churches. They’d probably shoot at the women paying only $.60 ahahahahaha!
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Right On!