While many people are taking to social media to voice their support for action on wage inequality, some took to Twitter to debunk the so-called “myth” and “joke” that is the pay gap.
“#EqualPayDay what a joke. Women get paid the same as men and there is so much evidence to prove it. Anyone who says different is lying,” one Twitter user wrote.
“That #EqualPayDay is a total fraud is easily proven, as is the phony 79% statistic,” wrote radio personality Neal Boortz.
Other people who don’t believe in the gender pay gap called the issue “nonsense,” “a lie” and an argument that is “flawed and invalid.” Many also replied to Bernie Sanders’ tweet, claiming that wage inequality is “bollocks.”
April 12 marks Equal Pay Day, a date determined by how much of the year a woman would have to work to earn the same pay as a man in the previous year.
See some of the tweets below.
https://twitter.com/DrtyHippiePanda/status/719923972515581955
https://twitter.com/GavinBoone117/status/719924137335123969
The wage gap is a myth. If it was true then businesses would never hire men to do anything. Use your brains people. #EqualPayDay
— Zybak ?? (@ZybakTV) April 12, 2016
Oh, people still believe in that 70 cent myth? #EqualPayDay
— Nathan Woundy (@nathandwoundy) April 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/stargatedude/status/719923783012851712
The Wage gap is a myth no matter how famous or smart the person that tells you it's real. #EqualPayDay
— 7H3_D3DS3C_H4CK3R (@ProfetGaming) April 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/ResidentLicker/status/719923786649374720
https://twitter.com/youngblackcon/status/719922791315857409
The wage gap is a LIE and has been debunked COUNTLESS TIMES!! Stop spreading false information. #EqualPayDay https://t.co/Qly9TUtUpL
— Abigail Brown (@abrown3149) April 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/osnapitsal/status/719876368188751874
@osnapitsal @BernieSanders sorry bernie the wage gap is a myth. I like you but wage inequity is bollocks
— soup (@__smitty___) April 12, 2016
That #EqualPayDay is a total fraud is easily proven, as is the phony 79% statistic.
— Neal Boortz — Puddin’ Stick (@Talkmaster) April 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/YeyoZa/status/719824366511505408
On #EqualPayDay I should be paid what a male brain surgeon receives. I have the qualifications – a diploma in feminist body aura science.
— Carson Wentz stole my wife (@ClevelandGod) April 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/1237OrBust/status/719924327576170496
Get a real degree. Woman studies will never get you a paycheck as a doctor or an engineer does. #EqualPayDay
— Monsieur Charles (@_iLRosso) April 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/briankgarland/status/719924243341770752