I was talking to friend Ester from Iceland this morning and she told me that she and the other women were walking off the job at 2:08.

My first two thoughts were that it was just at her workplace and why 2:08?? The first was wrong, it’s nationwide Women’s Day Off, and the reason for the second is that the average wage difference between men and women is so large that at 2:08 they will have worked enough to earn the same amount as a man. Do the math, yes, women only make 64.15% of what men do.

I was floored by this. That’s bordering on crimminal in a westernized nation. Hell, they should walk about a lot more often if you ask me.

I very curious to know how many men show up to protest alongside them. Have to remember to ask.

Update

Some pictures from the march can be seen here (the article is in Icelandic, sorry).

Iceland, Discrimination, Feminism, sexism