This joke about the gender pay gap was made so much better by the men who didn’t get it
Here’s Titania McGrath, who according to her Twitter bio is an ‘activist, healer and radical intersectionalist poet’, on the shocking inequalities of the gender pay gap.
Estimated net worth:
Tom Cruise: $550 million
Su Pollard: $2 millionUntil male and female actors are paid equally we’ll never have true equality.
— Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) November 12, 2018
A good point well made, but it was made even better by the people (mostly American men, by the looks of it) who replied who just didn’t get it.
As David Baddiel pointed out …
The commitment to character here, in the face of men not realising it's a character, is mightily impressive. Thread. https://t.co/vtLZJXoeM8
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) November 19, 2018
Here goes.
1.
Pretty sure neither one works in Utopia. People will go see a movie because Tom Cruise is in it, aside from friends and family nobody is going to a movie because Sue Pollard is in it pic.twitter.com/IAwpe6dAGD
— WT Fmerica (@WFmerica) November 13, 2018
2.
Then they have no taste.
— Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) November 13, 2018
3.
But that’s the truth. Tom generates more money, so he gets paid more. Same with football players for example.
— Khaladryel (@darklovik) November 13, 2018
4.
Are you suggesting that female football players should be paid less?
— Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) November 13, 2018
5.
Brain dead. He’s suggesting that not even male footballers are paid the same as eachother. Callum Chambers is hardly going to be attracting and making the same amount as Messi to warrant the same pay scale now is he?
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6.
Su Pollard doesn’t play football, though.
— Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) November 13, 2018
7.
But it’s compatible to the acting business
— mishkovtimestwo (@charlesmarriot9) November 13, 2018
8.
Vinnie Jones, David Beckham and Ally McCoist to name a few.
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9.
Do they earn more than Su Pollard?
— Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) November 13, 2018
10.
I mentioned David Beckham. What do you think?
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11.
I’ve never heard of him.
— Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) November 13, 2018
12.
Great website for finding out things.
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13.
Yeah. You should google “how do I cure my toxic masculinity?” 💅🏻
— Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) November 13, 2018
14.
Didn’t display one degree of masculinity but okay. I’ll see what I can find.
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15.
When you claimed that Su Pollard has less value as a human being than Tom Cruise. That was pretty fucking masculine if you ask me.
— Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) November 13, 2018
16.
Well, I didn’t but if that’s how you like to perceive gross income then sure. She’s less as a human being as she does not produce the same monetary value of income to said projects as another person. As she also earns less than Julia Roberts but what do I know. I’m horrific.
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17.
Do you hate Julia Roberts as much as you hate Su Pollard?
— Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) November 13, 2018
18.
Who is Sue Pollard? Shouldn’t you compare eggs with eggs, I’ve never heard of her? Perhaps a comparison with a more famous female actor?
— Simon The Biker! (@simomarshall) November 13, 2018
19.
How would comparing eggs help? What an odd thing to say.
— Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) November 13, 2018
