Financially Empowering Women

Last year President Obama remarked on equal pay for equal work, which got people talking.  He said that “Today, the average full-time working woman earns just 77 cents for every dollar a man earns He went on to say that “in 2014, that’s an embarrassment.”  We know this data is correct and no one is  disputing that there is a wage gap, but some want to debate that the  difference is due to women’s life choices — such as women choosing to leave the workforce when they have children or take care of parents or simply provide support for their husbands to enable them to make a better salary. The pay gap of 23 cents is only part of the story.  Maybe you say to yourself that the gap does not matter since your husband is making a good salary.  That is fine for now.  But what about when you are in retirement?  Women receive smaller pensions and less social security than men because of this pay gap.  So it is important to understand that m