Today is #MomsEqualPay day. It recognizes the day that the average mom’s pay reaches equal to what the average dad earned in 2021. Read: it takes a mom a year and nine months to equal what a dad makes in one year. This includes full-time, part-time, gig, season and contract workers. Why? Well one reason is a fun phrase called the “motherhood penalty.” It makes it so that moms earn lower lifetime earnings due to misogynistic attitudes and assumptions about their capabilities as working mothers.🙃 For ways to support mom’s equal pay — plus theSkimm on the gender wealth gap — head to the link in our bio.