The Wage Gap And Working More

[Comic shows a man preoccupied with typing on his computer.

Panel one
A man is preoccupied with typing on his computer, while his family stands in the doorway behind him. His partner is wearing a baby strapped to her front, and bending down to talk to the older child.

Typed text: “The “wage gap”…”

Junior: DAD! DAD! DAD!

Mother: Junior, let your father work.

Panel two
She begins walking out, putting one arm around Junior, who is looking annoyed at being led away, and ignoring the baby yanking on her hair. She looks completely exhausted.

Mother: I’m going out - I have to meet with Junior’s teacher and do groceries and pick up your dry cleaning and…

Typed text: “…mostly disappears…”

Panel three
Man: Oh, the nursing home left a message about my mother… Would you take care of that?

Typed text: “…when you control for the fact…”

Panel four
Man, thinking to himself: Hope she makes stew for dinner tonight.

Typed text: “…that women work far fewer hours than men.”]

A cartoon about the wage gap by me and Becky Hawkins, aka @frenchtoastcomix

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