By Albert Lin
Patricia Arquette’s plea for equal pay for women during her Oscar acceptance speech drew almost universal applause, but further comments she made at a press conference backstage generated plenty of ire.
At the end of her acceptance speech for her Best Supporting Actress win, Arquette said, “To every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America.”
