People Want Matt Smith To Donate Excess Salary Money to Time’s Up
After The Crown producers revealed that Matt Smith made more money than Claire Foy because he was a bigger name — though her name is literally in the title — people have since started a petition demanding for Matt Smith to donate to Time’s Up.
“You know gender pay gaps are a problem when even the Queen isn’t paid fairly,” say the organizers. The Care2 petition to redress that imbalance is seeking 25,000 signatures and had 22,000 as of Monday morning in Britain. Care2 is a social network for activists and campaigns for animal rights, women’s rights, civil rights, and environmental and political issues.
“Women in all industries are facing a struggle for pay equality,” the organizer of the petition, listed as Rebecca G, said. “Women in the US typically earn 80 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts for full time work. And the pay gap for women of color is even more striking. Black women typically only make 63 cents for every dollar paid to their white male counterparts and Latina women only make 54 cents on average.”