On Wednesday five players from the Women's U.S. National team filed complaints about the unfair wages that they were receiving. The Women's National Team has had great success for a long time including three World Cup Championships and four Olympic Championships. Needless to say they are pretty good and have had more success than our Men's National Team. Despite the success that our women have had they are still not being treated fairly and the way that they should simply because they are females. Here is a comment that star goalkeeper Hope Solo said about the men that they “get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships.”
I think that Hope Solo brings up a valid point that the earnings should be about accomplishments not just your gender and superiority. This just shows that as a society we aren't really becoming as gender equal as we say we are. I am glad that these women are standing and voicing their opinions towards this subject because if they keep it up these problems will have to be addressed. Womens National Team on Unfair Wages
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