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"   When she&amp;#039;s not bellowing out chart-topping hits, hanging with Jay-Z and performing thigh-based dances that have to be seen to be believed, Beyonce&amp;#039;s fighting for the feminist cause by challenging the sexist pay gap between men and women. Yep, that&amp;#039;s right, the goddess behind Run The World (Girls) has now produced a mini manifesto on importance of fighting for equality, in an essay called &amp;#039;Gender Equality is a Myth!&amp;#039;\u00A0 Queen Bey wrote the piece for The Shriver Report, which also features essay such as &amp;#039;Turning Poverty Around&amp;#039; by Jennifer Garner, &amp;#039;Empowering Latinas&amp;#039; by Eva Longoria and &amp;#039;Human Trafficking and Slavery in the United States&amp;#039; by Jada Pinkett-Smith. Big stuff. In her essay, Beyonce writes:\u00A0&amp;quot;Today, women make up half of the US workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 per cent of what the average working man makes.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change. Equality will be achieved when men and women are granted equal pay and respect.&amp;quot; She also talks about the importance of educating kids on gender equality. &amp;quot;We have to teach our boys the rules of equality and respect, so that as they grow up, gender equality becomes a natural way of life. And we have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible,&amp;quot; she says. Wise words indeed - but of course, we&amp;#039;d expect nothing less from Bey. Read the full essay here. BLURRED LINES INSPIRES PLAY ABOUT GENDER POLITICS JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT IS A PROUD FEMINIST APPLE WITHDRAWS PLASTIC SURGERY APP FOR KIDS  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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