Iman Quotes

Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.

Listen, it's not just 'Full House.' It's across the board in the entertainment industry: women are not paid what men are paid.

I thought it was ridiculous that I was being paid less than a cameraman, and I wanted to shame them. And I did.

Every woman needs to know when she's being discriminated against and what the reasons are why she isn't getting equal pay so we can close that pay gap.

I'm the same as anyone else. If you are as good at a job as someone else, but they get three or four times more, you get a bit frustrated.

If you look back on professions, when they became undervalued and paid less, women tended to do better in them.

It's great that Maryland is tied for having the lowest wage gap between our working men and women of any state in the nation, but there's more work to do to eliminate that gap entirely.

Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me.

The fact that women are paid 73 cents on the dollar for work equivalent to work being done by men is unacceptable in America.

I have done a great deal of work; as much as a man, but did not get so much pay. I used to work in the field and bind grain, keeping up with the cradler; but men doing no more, got twice as much pay... Women work in the field and do as much work, but do not get the pay. We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value

We have to change a norm that has been in existance for years .... If we [female actresses] aren't paid equally, why would we be expected to be treated equally.

We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly.

I'm not taking jobs anymore where I'm getting paid a quarter of what the male co-star is being paid. I'm not allowing that in my life.

We can afford to pay workers fairly, and it is the right thing to do. We also need equal pay for equal work.

I think I am still underpaid. I want to make as much money as my male counterparts.

I think the kind of films and roles I do takes a whole year... I think it is justified. At some point, we have to come to that place where we are equally paid. It is a small step... we are headed to that direction.

I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work.

We have a long way to go in the world in all industries. If I'm in the situation where I have equal experience to the other actor and my role is just as significant, there is no reason why I should be paid less. It's not really part of my world anymore, because I just won't accept it.

When it comes to discrimination, Americans pride ourselves on how far we've come. Racial segregation is history. Explicit sex discrimination is banned. Same-sex marriage is the law of the land. But amidst all the progress, the male-female wage gap persists, and it's big.

If you're earning equal pay to a man, you get respect. It shouldn't be that way, but it is.

I believe the girls should be better paid but not the same as the men.

There's no justification to not be paid the same as the men. We do everything the men do.

U.S. Soccer has no justification for paying us as little as they do.

By mandating equal pay, the government erases the competitive advantage of those people who are willing to take less pay. In addition, employers are less willing to hire employees who they believe could subject them to increased liability.