You’re Working for Free 2 Months a Year Just Because You’re a Woman

Wake Up! Your Boss Is Stealing 18% of Your Salary Every Single Day

Mary Carter
3 min readSep 15, 2024

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Ever wonder why your paycheck never seems to stretch far enough?

Why no matter how hard you work, you always seem to be a step behind your male colleagues?

The answer is simple and shocking. You’re being robbed, every single day, just because you’re a woman.

Think about this. For every dollar your male coworker makes, you’re only taking home 82 cents.

This means you’re effectively working for free for almost two months every year. Two whole months! What would you do with that time and money if it were actually yours?

But wait, it gets worse. In June 2024, 77.8% of working-age women were in the labor force. Sounds impressive, right? What they don’t tell you is that many of these women are trapped in underpaid and undervalued sectors.

Think about the industries where you dominate. Education, healthcare, services. Essential jobs, no doubt. But also jobs that society — and your paycheck — constantly undervalue. Coincidence? No way. It’s the system working exactly as it was

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Mary Carter

I share candid reflections on love, sex, and life's ups and downs, no holds barred and no taboos.