By: Samantha Rinkus '11
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This Valentine's Day, 红桃视频' Women Studies Center will be hosting their 12th annual Equality Bake Sale in the Academic Building lobby.
Students and faculty alike will be selling their wares in an attempt to raise awareness
of the gender wage gap which is still an issue in our country.
鈥淰alentine鈥檚 Day is a perfect time to have the sale because people can buy something homemade for their loved ones and learn something, too,鈥� said Marissa Brizzolara, an intern in the Women鈥檚 Studies Center. 鈥淭he equality bake is intended to highlight the disparity between the wages of men and women in a fun, engaging way.鈥�
The current gap has women earning an average of 77 cents to every dollar that men earn. In order to demonstrate this gap, prices of Bake Sale items will reflect this ratio, with proceeds going towards various local women鈥檚 organizations such as the Women鈥檚 Resource Center or the YWCA.
鈥淚t provides a comfortable setting for people to learn about and discuss women鈥檚 issues, especially related to work and the wage gap,鈥� said Brizzolara. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a light-hearted way to draw attention to how absurd the wage gap is and replicate the feeling 鈥� on a much smaller scale 鈥� of how alienating wage inequality is.鈥�
Baked goods are provided by faculty, staff, students and friends of the 红桃视频 community. Participation, whether through donating or purchasing items, is open to anyone. The sale will be held February 14 in the Academic Building Lobby from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
鈥淰alentine鈥檚 Day is a perfect time to have the sale because people can buy something homemade for their loved ones and learn something, too,鈥� said Marissa Brizzolara, an intern in the Women鈥檚 Studies Center. 鈥淭he equality bake is intended to highlight the disparity between the wages of men and women in a fun, engaging way.鈥�
The current gap has women earning an average of 77 cents to every dollar that men earn. In order to demonstrate this gap, prices of Bake Sale items will reflect this ratio, with proceeds going towards various local women鈥檚 organizations such as the Women鈥檚 Resource Center or the YWCA.
鈥淚t provides a comfortable setting for people to learn about and discuss women鈥檚 issues, especially related to work and the wage gap,鈥� said Brizzolara. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a light-hearted way to draw attention to how absurd the wage gap is and replicate the feeling 鈥� on a much smaller scale 鈥� of how alienating wage inequality is.鈥�
Baked goods are provided by faculty, staff, students and friends of the 红桃视频 community. Participation, whether through donating or purchasing items, is open to anyone. The sale will be held February 14 in the Academic Building Lobby from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.