We want rights. The flour merchant, the house-builder, and the postman charge us no less on account of our sex; but when we endeavor to earn money to pay all these, then, indeed, we find the interest.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Stone points out the economic discrimination women face. While charges are equal, earning power is restricted by gender.
- In plain terms
- Everyone charges women the same prices but women earn less money because they are women.
- What can you take from it?
- Earning power matters more than equal pricing.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does pay gap affect families?
- Where else do we see double standards?
Another view
Pricing equality is meaningless without earning equality.
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