OK, We Get It: The Pay Gap is Unjust. But Burning Money In Protest? Sweden, We Expected More.
From the land of mandated paternity leave (and a finance minister who calls himself a “feminist”) comes this odd protest, from Sweden’s Feminist Initiative: burning $13,000 in protest of the Wage Gap.
“It may seem desperate to burn 100,000 kronor [Swedish dollars],” said Party leader Gudrun Schyman. “But the situation is desperate as well.”
Now, as you’ll recall, we too believe the pay gap is a very, very bad thing, whether it’s 23 cents to the dollar in the U.S. or 19 cents in Sweden. But couldn’t that BBQ of charred bills have been, well, better spent?
Here’s an idea: how bout we buy bras for all those crazy topless Mainers? (Ed: Jesse just got back from Maine, but I can assure you she is fully clothed.)
-jessica
