Description: Viral quote / Satire
Circulating since: April 2012
Status: Fake (see details below)
Text example:
As posted on Facebook, Aug. 20, 2012:
"Why should women be paid equal to men? Men have been in the working world a lot longer and deserve to be paid at a higher rate. Heck, I’m a working mom and I’m not paid a dime. I depend on my husband to provide for me and my family, as should most women… and if a woman does work, she should be happy just to be out there in the working world and quit complaining that she’s not making as much as her male counterparts. I mean really, all this wanting to be equal nonsense is going to be detrimental to the future of women everywhere. Who’s going to want to hire a woman, or for that matter, even marry a woman who thinks she is the same, if not better than a man at any job. It’s almost laughable. C’mon now ladies, are you with me on this?"Ann Romney
Analysis: Ann Romney has said nothing of the kind. This fictitious quote originated on the satirical website Free Wood Post. This is an excerpt from the site disclaimer:
Free Wood Post is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within FreeWoodPost.com are fiction, and presumably fake news.Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental, except for all references to politicians and/or celebrities, in which case they are based on real people, but still based almost entirely in fiction.
In real life, Ann Romney has championed the cause of stay-at-home motherhood (indeed, she describes her own decision to be a full-time parent as a "career choice"), but I've found no instances of her taking the position that women ought not to receive equal treatment or pay in the workplace.
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Sources and further reading:
Ann Romney: 'Why Should Women Be Paid Equal to Men?'
Free Wood Post, 18 April 2012Ann Romney: Being Mom Was 'My Career Choice'
Boston Herald, 13 April 2012Ann Romney Bio
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Last updated 08/20/12
