US Women's Soccer Team, Maurice Levy, Sir Martin Sorrell and More: Gender News Weekly

US Women39s Team Files Wage Discrimination Complaint Against US SoccerIn the latest debate over equal pay for female athletes five top female players amp160goalkeeper Hope Solo captains Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbrunn forward Alex Morganamp160and midfielder Megan Rapinoe amp160have filed a federal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that accuses US Soccer of wage discrimination The New York Times reportsamp160 Despite rising revenues three World Cup championshipsamp160and four Olympic golds members of the women39s team earnamp160as little as 40 percent of what the players on the consistently mediocre men39s national team earn spanning across salary bonusesamp160and appearance fees the suit claims While some argue that the men39s team draws bigger crowds and more viewers and therefore deserves larger payouts the women39s side counters that they39ve exceeded revenue projections by approximately 16 million in 2015 and their World Cup championship game brought in 254 million viewers amp160a record for men39s or women39s soccer game on an Englishlanguage network quotWe have been quite patient over the years with the belief that the federation would do the right thing and compensate us fairlyquot Lloyd the World Cup39s most valuable player told the TimesAerie Launches BodyPositive Campaign for MenAmerican Eagle which launched its quotAerie Realquot campaign models for women in 2014 featuring unretouched models has turned its body positive messaging to men telling them quotthe real you is sexyquot The AerieMan campaign stars five men of varying appearances and body types from a traditional hot blonde model to the bodypositive style blogger Kelvin of Notoriously Dapper shown in a bubble bath with a fedora While the campaign is certainly goofy and even features the guys taking quotbelfiesquot or quotbutt selfiesquot Aerie claims that it is quota celebration of real men who love themselves inside and outquot Watch the video below to see for yourselfamp160The Only People Not Penalized for Promoting Diversity are White MenAccording to a new research study from a team at the University of Colorado at Boulder white men are the only group among managers of varying race and gender who are not actively penalized for promoting diversity in the workforce Exploring why 85 percent of CSuite positions are filled by white men the researchers evaluated over 350 executives on their efforts to improve diversity on their teams such as hiring women and minorities Quartz reports They found that no one regardless of race or gender was evaluated more positively for promoting diversity at work and that women and nonwhite executives were viewed negatively for quotdiversityvaluingquot behaviors quotWe argue that diversityvaluing women and nonwhites are rated lower than their nondiversityvaluing counterparts because diversityvaluing behavior activates subtle and unconscious stereotypes about women and nonwhites as being less competentquot researchers wrote in the study Such findings do not bode well for those companies and executives leading diversity initiatives the researchers conclude implying that when women or nonwhite executives reach the top they may be less inclined to support other minorities because of the implicationsMaurice Levy and Sir Martin Sorrell Face Off On Ad Industry SexismPublicis Groupe CEO Maurice Levy has fired back at WPP head Sir Martin Sorrell who criticized his comments on the recent JWT scandal at the 4As last week Adweek reports At the conference Levy called the incident a quotonetime mistakequot and claimed sexism is not a widespread problem in the modern ad industry In an interview on Thursday morning Sorrell joined outraged attendees and industry leaders in calling out Levy remarking quotMaurice has a habit of ignoring the factsquot In a companywide memo addressing the criticism Levy remarked that Sorrell as leader of JWT39s holding company displayed quotan extraordinary level of hypocrisyquot given the evidence that Erin Johnson did everything in her power to report the issue to the appropriate executives quotFacts truly are stubborn thingsquot Levy wrote ending his note with a commitment to gender equality and diversity WPP of course responded in a statement writing of Levy quotWe are glad to hear he is attempting to reverse his original positionamp160After all a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little mindsquot The lawsuit against JWT and former CEO Gustavo Martinez is ongoing Read what our own Stuart Elliott has to say about this controversyMoreamp160Headlines This WeekWPP Lawyers Martinez Made Rape Joke to quotLighten the TensionquotThe Tech Industry Wants to Use Women39s Voices amp8211 They Just Won39t Listen to ThemMeet the Women Behind the Cars of the New York Auto ShowNumbers Still Low for Women In Tech But Startups are the New Entry PointIs an quotOld Boysamp160Networkquotamp160Holding Women BackThe opinions and points of view expressed in this 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