What keeps the pay gap in existence is not just the entitlement and complicity of men, soccer star Abby Wambach writes. It’s the gratitude of women.
Abby Wambach, a retired soccer player and outspoken advocate of equal pay for women, will soon release her book, “Wolfpack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game.” In this first look, Wambach details how receiving a coveted ESPY award contributed to her belief that the gratitude of women, along with the the entitlement and complicity of men, keep the gender pay gap in place. You can read the full excerpt below.
The crowd squirmed and laughed, which made me feel like a badass—worthy of the stage I was standing on. Each of us—Kobe, Peyton, and I—had made the same sacrifices for our careers; shed the same amount of blood, sweat, and tears; won world championships at the same level. We’d left it all on the field for decades with the same ferocity, talent, and commitment. But our retirements wouldn’t be the same at all. Because Kobe and Peyton were walking off that stage and into their futures with something I didn’t have: enormous bank accounts. Because of that they had something else I didn’t have: Freedom.
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