The difference between a provocative award-winning ad, and a controversial, damaging one is a little perspective, a little empathy, and a lot of willingness to learn and try again.
“It was like the Hunger Games,” said Robson, “except with middle-aged white men.” One could argue that sounds a lot like business as usual, but you get the point.
So mujeres, arriba vamos, let’s make this happen for ourselves and all the Latinas who are coming behind us. We are the largest demo in the next generation and cannot afford to have the most severe pay gap. We need to do much better.
This should go without saying, but at 3%, we don’t hate men. In fact, we love them. Picking up where our friends at Refinery29 left off, we’re featuring male allies who have actively championed women in various aspects of their life.
We continue to overburden women and under value men when it comes to “roles” at home. And until we change our policies to place just as much importance on paternity as maternity and eliminate the antiquated thinking that women should bear more of the responsibility at home and caregiving… we will never achieve equality in the workplace.
